Chapter 10 - Managing the Gatekeeper
Series: Never Eat Alone Notes
Recap and notes from the tenth chapter of ‘Never Eat Alone’
People are drawn to escapist things in commerce, story-telling, in arts, in general… because they’re a little bit disatisfied with the world - as it actually is - and we want to inhabit or physically touch something that feels free from the disappointments of everyday life.
Series: Quotes
Source Ryan quoting author Virginia Pastrel on why he is drawn to retrofuturistic things. Cont. Ryan Norbauer, designer and propmaker obsessed with mechanical keyboards Virginia Pastrel, author The Power of Glamour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3FEv1qw4_w
The correct way to manage fear, is to gradually broaden your comfort zone.
Series: Quotes
Alex Honnold
“Behind the immeasurable loss of life is the loss of proof of life”
Series: Quotes
Source Instagram Post John Mayer on the LA fires beginning 2025 Full Text This is the most valuable thing I own. It’s a folder of photos of my father, spanning his life from being a baby, an educator, a husband and a father. It’s the only evidence of his life that will exist over time. These are the “documents” you read about people taking from their homes. When you hear someone say they’ve lost everything in a fire, this is much of that everything, if not all of it.
Concurrently Run CLI Processes with Python
Series: Python Cookbook
Concurrently run subprocesses