Month: August 2023

  • The Degree Of Diversity Attained and The Degree of Unity Retained

    Barbarism is unified but undifferentiated; triviality is differentiated but lacking in any central unity; the ideal of civilization is the integration into a complete whole and with the minimum strain of the maximum number of distinct activities…a civilization [could] be judged by this double standard: the degree of diversity attained and the degree of unity retained

    – W.H Auden

  • Value Creation vs Value Capture

    Value creation is always a good first priority for new industries, but value capture ultimately matters a lot, too—especially because industries that can’t manage it are run by capital markets and professional managers rather than founders.

    – Byrne Hobart