(This is part of an open ended series of posts where I write down random things I feel are sharable from the years of mailing lists I’ve not caught up on…)

This is Part 2 of Mike Monteiro’s newsletter, Good News, where he answers a reader question a week. There is an archive available at the top right. You should go through the back catalog. There will be a part 3 as it took me 90 minutes to process the first half of 2025. Here is Part 1

Choice non-context quotes as follows from the first half of 2025 are below. Pro tip – make sure to read the bullets are the bottom of easy installment as well.

  • We’re talking about people—the cause of, and solution to, all of life’s problems.
  • Human beings are born willing to ask for help. We’re taught not to.
  • Where there is trauma, we plant flowers.
  • You are never the owner of a book, you are only ever its current caretaker.
  • And never, ever, ever, feel self-conscious about promoting your work.
  • You don’t fit in. And that is amazing.
  • Tomorrow is more manageable than the future.
  • The weight of an entire industry attempting to convince me that I’m inadequate is infuriating.
  • It might suck. It might be great. Sometimes they’re the same thing.
  • Prepare your children for freedom.
  • Silicon Valley’s era of innovation is over. This is their villain era.
  • The lack of a sidewalk is a threat.
  • Loneliness is an architectural problem.
  • Loneliness is a transportation problem.