on the evening routine

i talk and think about routines and habits often. sometimes i wonder if i go too far with it sometimes (and have been overtaken by the western enlightenment gods of maximization and optimization and infinitetesimal division of reality (including into time - i.e. seconds, milliseconds, etc.)). but mostly, i feel good about it. nature has cycles and routines and patterns and rhythms, as we are nature, so should we. and, given our consciousness, there’s no reason to not take apply to something we know is natural.

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josé olivarez on vs: three notes

the josé olivarez episode of vs (josé olivarez vs grownups) was excellent (like all episodes of vs). three things stuck out to me in it and, though each one of these could be its own post, i didn’t write down enough info to really make that possible now that i’m finally writing this (i listened back in late august). so here’s are just some quick stubs about the three points that resonated. sidenote: i also can’t remember exactly who said these things, soooooo &shrug;.

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up there everywhere and pentagram: models for the firm i want to start

sometime earlier this year or maybe even last year i was inspired by a firm called up there everywhere. i think i heard an interview with the founder, julian stubbs, on a show i used to listen to a lot called obsessed with design. when i was talking with spencer once sometime back in sept, he said i should write down these thoughts and so here they are.

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emergent strategy quote collection: introduction (2)

preface: see post #1.

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emergent strategy quote collection: introduction (1)

preface: adrienne maree brown is coming to boston during the 3rd week of november (!!!). to prepare for her time in the boston organizing community, several folks have started a boston reading group. as a part of that group (as well as another 30 day writing challenge in the evolutionary leadership crew), i’m going to be putting together collections of my favorite quotes from emergent strategy (inspired by the one and only, curtis ogden). the headings are sort of my short-hand summary for the quote that follows it. and each post will be by chapter title.

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