J. Gryphon Shafer

Recovering founder. Writer. Creator. Aviator. Techno-optimist. Non-conformist. Pro-human.

[J. Gryphon Shafer @gryphonshafer]

Any sufficiently complex discipline will employ abstraction and encapsulation, and will therefore appear to outsiders to be easy.

[J. Gryphon Shafer @gryphonshafer]

' --Wayne Gretzky" --Michael Scott

[Paul Graham @paulg]

When you encounter an interesting quote online that's attributed to someone famous, your initial assumption should always be that it was said by someone else.

[J. Gryphon Shafer @gryphonshafer]

@lexfridman Robert Frost died on January 29, 1963. Heat death of the universe is in 10^106 years. Life really doesn't go on, but that's a beautiful thing, not terrible. Since we don't have infinite time, how we choose to invest what time we have matters.

[J. Gryphon Shafer @gryphonshafer]

@HansFiene Innovation that removes distractions to worship is good. "Innovation" that adds distraction is bad.

[J. Gryphon Shafer @gryphonshafer]

@blahouti @engineers_feed Haven't watched it >=5x.

[J. Gryphon Shafer @gryphonshafer]

@AndrewStavrenos @engineers_feed The movie Tenet is about
who experiences portions of time in reverse
to stop a militaristic oligarch
that would rip apart the present
an agent named the Protagonist
from using a device.

[J. Gryphon Shafer @gryphonshafer]

@HansFiene The Almighty made the sun to set at 4:47 PM. Pretending it's actually 5:47 PM doesn't make it so.

[J. Gryphon Shafer @gryphonshafer]

@paulg For those asking about the airfoil example, I recommend Stick and Rudder by Wolfgang Langewiesche (1944).

[J. Gryphon Shafer @gryphonshafer]

@paulg Stick and Rudder! Best learning aviation book ever written. I wish I could convince the FAA to make it required reading for student pilots.

[J. Gryphon Shafer @gryphonshafer]

@HansFiene Luke 14:26 leads me to think I should love Christ at the expense of loving my Christian brothers and sisters should there be a conflict between them. Ideally, there wouldn't be a conflict, but idealism and slogans often ignore the complexities of reality.

[J. Gryphon Shafer @gryphonshafer]

@AOPA Yes. https://t.co/oNZVRAC3Ov

[J. Gryphon Shafer @gryphonshafer]

My daughter is building a hydraulic claw in clear violation of UN accords. She claims it's only a prototype, itself not intended for conquest and world domination.

[J. Gryphon Shafer @gryphonshafer]

@paulg Can someone be both smart and orthodox?

Inquiry is a prerequisite to being smart. "Inquiry is fatal to certainty." (Will Durant) And certainty is a prerequisite to orthodoxy.

Ergo, one can't be both smart and orthodox.

[J. Gryphon Shafer @gryphonshafer]

And here's the @jjabrams remake. https://t.co/Imt88K7mAf

[J. Gryphon Shafer @gryphonshafer]

At least every 90 days, I have to renew my night currency. This has to be done at night, obviously. In the winter, this is not a problem. In summer... it means a very late night and early morning. Here's the fleet prior to it being "night enough". https://t.co/g8x6jg95ri

[J. Gryphon Shafer @gryphonshafer]

@SilasCurfman I completely understand, sympathize, and agree.

https://t.co/iWlQq3x768

[J. Gryphon Shafer @gryphonshafer]

@IndieHackers Your tweet.

[J. Gryphon Shafer @gryphonshafer]

There are only 2 types of meetings: those eagerly anticipated (due to the potential of value creation) or all other meetings. Start the eagerly anticipated meetings as soon as practical. Cancel all other meetings.

[Naval Ravikant Quotes @QuotesOfNaval]

"If you don’t want to go to the meeting right now, your future self won’t want to go to it later, either." - @naval

[J. Gryphon Shafer @gryphonshafer]

This is a great way to say it: "Productivity is going somewhere." If I'm not going somewhere, then my work is a waste.

[Shane Parrish @shaneparrish]

Busy and productive are not the same thing. It's easy to be busy. It's hard to be productive.

Busyness is doing something. Productivity is going somewhere.

Busyness is a virus that infects productivity.

[J. Gryphon Shafer @gryphonshafer]

@HansFiene Sorry, no.