Scope Neglect: We evolved for the small scale of tribal life, so we can't comprehend the big numbers that recently entered human life. We can appreciate the difference between 50 and 100, but not a million and a billion. It's why we often treat geopolitics like family politics.
Parkinson's Law: Work expands to fill the time allotted for it. No matter the size of the task, it will often take precisely the amount of time you set aside to do it, because more time means more deliberation & procrastination.
Jewel Burks Solomon is changing the face of the venture capital industry
After being mistreated while fundraising for her startup, she vowed to become an investor.
Today her investment firm Collab Capital raised $50 million to invest in black founders.
Here's her story 👇👇
Issa red carpet moment! 💃 Our team is SO excited to kick off its Celebration of Courage #Campaign. Can't you tell? #GFCgala
Learn more about what is to come TODAY and the next couple of weeks: https://t.co/6hrTbIVwb9
The "economy" is ultimately our material relationship with each other and with the rest of the living world. We have to decide whether we want that relationship to be based on extraction and exploitation, or on reciprocity and care.
Top thread, easy to digest: on what the net zero emissions could mean for you, your next car, your next house, and the city where you choose to buy them both
"If you traveled back in time and went to a market in England, you’d probably see an oddly familiar sight: women wearing tall, pointy hats, standing in front of big cauldrons.
But these women weren't witches; they were brewers"
https://t.co/ojKA34t1fi
"The solution is to go backwards." Really moved by some of Kapil's thoughts, some of them were definitely incongruous to my existing thought paradigm.
https://t.co/KcH0MZrkfW
For me, the perfect Saturday involves getting up early, just early enough that the morning is still fresh and young. I get my son dressed and we go for a long walk. Taking our time, we cover a few miles as the sun comes up, and then we come back home.
https://t.co/qBtxvgUneu
A trick I learned from @naval to get rid of envy:
If you are going to be jealous of someone, you must be willing to swap your *entire* life for theirs.
You can’t cherry-pick the aspect of their life you want.
You must give up *everything* you have and know.
Not interested.
Rude Food: From small batch ice cream to handmade pasta to delicious Mathur food, new players are taking on the big boys & transforming the food sector
https://t.co/LQcW79tC48