Youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon… and at length the middle-aged man concludes to build a woodshed with them. – Henry David Thoreau I’ve always had a fraught relationship with Thoreau, who seemed to require harsh critique and dismissal in his writing before finding glimmers of hope and […]
For many years, this postcard hung above my desk… to no avail. More recently I’ve been trying to actually follow its advice. Farewell, zombie late-night email replies! Adieu, mindless midnight market research! For a compelling, quick review of why this makes sense, watch Ariana Huffington’s lightning-round TED talk, which was an early peek into the […]