And then burn it before it turns into a cage.
Think of the last time you wrote something you were absolutely certain about. A political rant. A breakup letter you never sent. A brilliant startup idea. Now look at it six months later. Is it still brilliant? Or is it just… evidence ?
We backup our phones to the cloud. We archive our emails. We screenshot conversations “just in case.” Every half-formed thought, grocery list, and passive-aggressive tweet is preserved for eternity on a server somewhere.
Scaffolding is ugly. It’s temporary. It exists solely to help you build something real—and then it needs to be torn down. If you leave the scaffolding up, you can’t see the finished building. You just see the mess you made along the way.
I’m talking about .
And then burn it before it turns into a cage.
Think of the last time you wrote something you were absolutely certain about. A political rant. A breakup letter you never sent. A brilliant startup idea. Now look at it six months later. Is it still brilliant? Or is it just… evidence ? Burn After Reading
We backup our phones to the cloud. We archive our emails. We screenshot conversations “just in case.” Every half-formed thought, grocery list, and passive-aggressive tweet is preserved for eternity on a server somewhere. And then burn it before it turns into a cage
Scaffolding is ugly. It’s temporary. It exists solely to help you build something real—and then it needs to be torn down. If you leave the scaffolding up, you can’t see the finished building. You just see the mess you made along the way. A breakup letter you never sent
I’m talking about .