What you have inherited from your fathers, earn it, so that you may possess it.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Narrator: It, in fact, very much was.
If you can't dream it, you can't think it.
If you can't think it, you can't write it.
If you can't write it, you can't understand it.
If you can't understand it, you can't know it.
If you can't know it, you can't love it.
If you can't love it, you can't keep it.
If you can't keep it, you can't hand it down.
If you can't hand it down, it was never yours to begin with.
Per my about page, White Noise is a work of experimentation. I view it as a sort of thinking aloud, a stress testing of my nascent ideas. Through it, I hope to sharpen my opinions against the whetstone of other people’s feedback, commentary, and input.
If you want to discuss any of the ideas or musings mentioned above or have any books, papers, or links that you think would be interesting to share in a future edition of White Noise, please reach out to me by replying to this email or following me on X.
With sincere gratitude,
Tom
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