Burn After Reading: The Case for Disposable Ideas and Temporary Truths
We live in an age of permanence.
Burn after reading. And then go live. What would you write today if you knew no one would ever read it—and the evidence would turn to smoke tomorrow? Burn After Reading
I’m not talking about burning books. I’m talking about burning your books. Your old journals. Your five-year business plans. The list of grievances you wrote last Tuesday. The manifesto you drafted at 2 AM. Burn After Reading: The Case for Disposable Ideas
But in our obsession with saving everything, we’ve forgotten the sacred art of destruction. Burn After Reading
So write it down. Be furious. Be ambitious. Be a fool.