Culture

Building the Vault in Public

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I decided a while ago that if I was going to build this thing, I was going to build it where people could watch. The wins and the mistakes. The good months and the quiet ones. Not a highlight reel. The actual record. So here is the record, as much as I can share this … Read more

The Pursuit of Something

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The red-brick Marunouchi facade of Tokyo Station under a blue sky, spring 2024

For a couple of months after I lost my job, I mostly sat with the quiet. Not the peaceful kind. The other kind, the one that fills a room after the thing that gave your days a shape just disappears. One week I had meetings and deadlines and a reason to open the laptop before … Read more