Today’s second coffee companion is a writer.
We talked about:
- the serendipity and humanity that’s missing in life
- how the internet means we get less spontaneous – checking reviews, checking the surfing forecast, checking availability
- the importance of history
- James Burke’s The Day the Universe Changed
- the way that the tech industry thinks it’s inventing anew, when often it’s just recycling and recombining the old
- the delights of music
- Album Club
- the post-war conditions that inspired a generation of British artists
- how it’s weird to still get hyped by Led Zep
- foundational technologies that have led to the hybrid working revolution
Whilst the target might be in sight, the coffees will continue. Sign up at https://calendly.com/matt-ballantine
The numbers (and the ever-expanding map)
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