John MacGaffey

What to Read 🎨 An A.I.-Generated Picture Won an Art Prize. Artists Aren’t Happy. — NY Times Jason M. Allen recently became obsessed with creating AI-generated images using a program called Midjourney. What he did next caused a controversy: Eventually, Mr. Allen got the idea to submit one of

What to Read 🤔 Making the Impossible Possible — The Prepared (title mine) Long time readers know that changing the stories we tell ourselves is a primary topic around here. The first step to doing something you think is impossible: Decide that it might be possible. But what happens if you never

What to Read ⏳ Escaping the Trap of Efficiency: The Counterintuitive Antidote to the Time-Anxiety That Haunts and Hampers Our Search for Meaning — The Marginalian Maria Popova shares her experience with a mindfulness teacher who tasked her with imagining she had only a year to live, then only a day and

What to Read 💩 Giving a Shit as a Service — Allen Pike In a globalized society, there's an abundance of services from massive companies that lack the extra level of care you might expect from a smaller operation. Allen Pike shares a mental model for the value you can

What to Read 🏢 The Office Tower Has a New Job to Do — Bloomberg When we shape the spaces we inhabit, they shape us in return. And office building designers are at the forefront of what a future of remote work means for the commercial heart of so many of our