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Oct 2 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
This talk hits hard.
It’s relevant, It’s prescient, and It makes you uncomfortable in the best way for people that care about growth.
Vance is talking about how to interact with ideas we disagree with by understanding them before dismissing them. This requires mutual respect in an interaction. This process of working to understand is called “Steel Manning.”
May 31 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Hay season feels almost out of place to begin with. You’re starting to harvest a crop in May rather than later in the summer or fall like you would with produce or row crops. Many late nights in the countryside are being shared among neighbors as we pass each other in the fields.
You never know how much progress you will make day to day between equipment breakdowns and the varying yields of different tracts. The dew, wind, rain, and sun affect your next move constantly. All you can do is show up every day and read the world before you as you go.
