I often think about this video when I'm building: (around 50m:10ss finding a principle)

Also if you don't know who Bret Victor is, he is a G

I often think about this video when I'm building: (around 50m:10ss finding a principle)

Also if you don't know who Bret Victor is, he is a G

https://youtu.be/PUv66718DII?si=9USVx9rXBIv2vIMm&t=3010

creating and destroying; built flying cars & autonomous vehicles, now building /faust, more here: /july, web: july.rocks

“Finding a principle is a form of self-discovery.”

Love this formulation — extremely Socratic.

building /bracket | talking /greatbooks | ex-BCG, ex-PHD | poli + phil + econ

Love how you connect “aesthetic” and “abstract” there. Few!

Discovery, and finding your principles is one of the meanings and joys of life - it helps you discern what you like and don’t like. It develops a sense of aesthetic, it develops a visceral understanding of the abstract. It’s a powerful guiding tool, I think