Do clouds feel vertigo!?
Hi! 👋
My name is David and this is cloud vertigo a Substack about a lifelong learning journey.
I want to help you look further afield to make sense of our most uncertain times. Weekly, I share readings and writings about the ideas and people that are shaping our markets and societies: stories, investment theses and visions.
I believe in open innovation, open minded people and open-ended future and these are the guiding principles are shaping my thought and writing:
The first principle is to always challenge the status quo, to foster the strongest contrarian opinions, be ready and willing to ask those hard “What If?” questions.
The second principle is to re-frame understanding with analogies and metaphors, play with different assumptions sets and look at the fundamental structure of things without fear, blame or judgment.
The third principle is to trust the power of a good story. Everything we know exists in relationship. We are little more than the stories we tell ourselves. We can choose which stories to tend to with our hearts and minds. Fiction is another word for freedom.
A good analogy it’s like a good story: a compact way to keep an entire worldview in our pockets, a consistent door to lead the way into a new venture.
Why subscribe?
Look. I could write some very persuasive text on the benefits of joining and how it’ll increase your overall quality of life by solving that one very specific problem that keeps you awake at night.
But let’s face it: it’s not so hard to subscribe. Check it out! If you hate it, you can always unsubscribe. No hard feelings, I promise.
🍻 If you like what you are reading, pledges mean the world. It’s free for now & the foreseeable future, but not forever. Sharing this with a friend who might enjoy it means even more!
Let’s get to it. See you on the other side!
David
