Geoffrey

“In a sane system, a political article that generated thousands of comments would be an indicator that something went wrong. It means the conversation descended into an unproductive debate about abortion or immigration, or devolved into mere complaining. But in the broken world of the web, it is the mark of a professional.”
― Ryan Holiday, Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator

“When someone copies you, they are copying a moment in time. They don’t know the thinking that went into getting you to that moment in time, and they won’t know the thinking that’ll help you have a million more moments in time. They’re stuck with what you left behind.”
― Jason Fried, It Doesn't Have to be Crazy at Work

“What if the Theranos technology did turn out to be game-changing? It might spend the next decade regretting passing up on it. The fear of missing out was a powerful deterrent.”
― John Carreyrou, Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

“The job of a journalist would be unbearable if one was always to put oneself in the shoes of a subject.”
― Ryan Holiday, Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue