REALATED // by Jonathan Yagel

It is in relating stories to each other that we relate with each other. That is the nature of our relations and our reality.

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Play Like You Own It – Extended Cut

Hack it. Break it. Reinvent it. Change your game to change the game. #Owningit

So good. I love the allusion to the creative and inventive style of play that we all experienced, as kids.

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Opinion | Don’t Turn Away From the Art of Life

Our data-driven culture bears much of the blame for the decline of the humanities in higher education.

I do love data. But art and literature explore the meaning behind the metrics.

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Incredible.

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How can I combine knowledge and goodness in my day job? Build a one-pocket career

The following is the prepared text of a speech that I gave this month to the students at Phillips Exeter Academy, where I graduated from…

Excellent framework for anyone looking at how they want to build their career & life.

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Bob Lutz: Kiss the good times goodbye

'Everyone will have 5 years to get their car off the road or sell it for scrap'

“We are approaching the end of the automotive era.” Some bold predictions from Bob Lutz, former Vice Chairman of GM. I believe it.

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Idioms are like barnacles on the ship of language. Oftentimes they long outlive their original intent, confounding generation after generation seeking clarity in the linguistic shreds that they’ve inherited.

Ben Zimmer, in this excellent article, which I found whilst settling a heated "worst comes to worst" vs. "worse comes to worst" debate. (Spoiler: Both are acceptable.)

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Debate This.

Critics have been talking down Kevin Durant his entire career, but there’s no argument that can change this fact: KD is now a world champion. #DebateThis

Even if you don’t like him, this is a phenomenal ad.

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The clearest message that we get from this 75-year study is this: Good relationships keep us happier and healthier. Period.

Robert Waldinger, director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development From this Inc. article, covering Harvard's Grant and Glueck study 

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"It is mostly black, like nightmares, and sticky, like the floor at a teenager’s party." Hilariously well done.

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I always enjoy Faris' approach to things. Lots of great commentary on attention as a limited resource. Oh, and David Foster Wallace!

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Tenacity over time has an exponential — not a linear — impact. But it takes dedication.

Dennis Crowley, in this really excellent interview on First Round Review.

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What I Learned in the Parking Garage

If you haven’t spent any time in hospital parking garages, I would recommend it.

My first post on Medium!

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The Case Against Democracy

If most voters are uninformed, who should make decisions about the public’s welfare?

Expertly written, and a great discussion that is both timely and timeless.

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JRR Tolkien Reads The Lord of the Rings

Listen to author JRR Tolkien read from his beloved fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings, specifically chapter 1 from Book I, The Fellowship of the Ring.

Magical.

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There are lots of these out there, but I like this one.

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Nike FLYEASE Story

When Matthew Walzer—a 16-year-old junior from Parkland, Florida—sent Mark Parker a letter in 2012, he could have never guessed that it would result in the Ni...

This is beautiful. Props to Nike, Lebron and Matt!

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