Brain Food: Unspoken Expectations

Welcome to Brain Food, a weekly newsletter full of timeless ideas and insights you can use in life and work. “While we naturally understand that writing is a good way to share ideas with others, we under-appreciate just how much good writing helps us think about an idea ourselves. Writing is not only a means of communication, it enables us to practice reasoning.” — Source * "Nothing is clearer in history than the adoption by successful rebels of the methods they were accustomed to condemn in the forces they deposed." — Will and Ariel Durant ** “Unspoken expectations are premeditated resentments.” — Neil Strauss *** “Our investment in reading changes the book because the book has changed us. ... If books are merely a means of transferring information, then perhaps, yes, a book is a waste of time. If a summary of its thesis and key points could be presented in a brief article or Substack post, why not just save the hours and read the Substack post? All the more if the information is outd

Welcome to Brain Food, a weekly newsletter full of timeless ideas and insights you can use in life and work. “While we naturally understand that writing is a good way to share ideas with others, we under-appreciate just how much good writing helps us think about an idea ourselves. Writing is not only a means of communication, it enables us to practice reasoning.” — Source * "Nothing is clearer in history than the adoption by successful rebels of the methods they were accustomed to condemn in the forces they deposed." — Will and Ariel Durant ** “Unspoken expectations are premeditated resentment