on large companies

"jeremy asked me if i liked my work.
'i think big companies are like marching bands. you know the big secret about marching bands, don't you?'
'no, what is it?'
'even if half the band is playing random notes, it still sounds kind of like music. the concealment of failure is built right into them. it's like the piano - as long as you play only the black keys, not the white ones, it'll sound ok, but on the other hand it'll never sound like real music either'"

eleanor rigby, douglas copeland

on quiet and noise

there's something about quiet that gives way for the noise - space that allows for the thoughts to come rushing in. elbowing each other for front of the line access. and sometimes that space - that many of us pay good money for - becomes quite claustrophobic.

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