George Carlin on the nature of human hubris

vutran | Oct. 8, 2025, 7:35 a.m.

“Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?” 

— George Carlin

Douglas Adams on human perception on innovation

vutran | Oct. 7, 2025, 7:55 a.m.

“Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.

Anything that’s invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.

Anything invented after you’re thirty-five is against the natural order of things.”

— Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt

Lawrence Becker on developing a philosophy about disability

vutran | Oct. 1, 2025, 12:23 p.m.

Shane Parish on positioning to make mistakes cheap

vutran | Sept. 27, 2025, 10:16 a.m.

The people who get the most done don't agonize over decisions. It's not because they have better judgment. They've just structured their lives so being wrong isn't expensive.

When mistakes are cheap, you can move fast and fix what doesn't work. When mistakes are expensive, you overthink everything and still choose wrong.

This is why startups can run circles around big companies. It's not because they're smarter, but because being wrong isn't expensive.

— Shane Parish

Shane Parish on ego in disguise

vutran | Sept. 27, 2025, 10:05 a.m.

Charles Miller on balance

vutran | March 7, 2025, 12:07 p.m.

"Spend a handful of hours a day going fast. Crush a gym session. Do deep work on a project you care about. Spend the rest of the day going slow. Take walks. Read books. Get a long dinner with friends. Either way, avoid the anxious middle where you never truly relax or truly move forward."

— Charles Miller

James Clear on people geting what they deserve

vutran | March 4, 2025, 9:04 p.m.

"People frequently get what they deserve, but it doesn't feel like it because the unspoken rule is that you only deserve it if you have (1) the courage to attempt it, (2) the guts to ask for it, and (3) the willingness try again when it doesn't work out the first time."

— James Clear