Restaurant Survival Mode: The Real Reason I Closed Orasay and Opened Dove - Jackson Boxer

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Jackson Boxer is ferociously bright.

brilliant writer. profound cook.

eclectic line up of stunningly irreverent restaurants

-Brunswick House

-Dove

-Henri

-The Corner

-Below Stonenest

-Cowley Manor

Jackson’ speaks exclusively in prose.

describes plates of food as “unimpeachably delicious”.

light words, land heavy

delicious truths blossom and flower from his mind

The most deeply irreverent podcast I’ve ever recorded.

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1. Nassim Taleb “Intelligent Yet Idiot” Theory: Smart people inflict their smartness on themselves
2. The Power of Kitchens for Poor Mental Health: mechanical chopping, stops pointed thoughts entering.
3. Why Writing interrogates your own bullshit: always distill complex thought into simple messages
4. The difference between joy and happiness: constantly check which one you’re pursuing?
5. Why Personal Pride = Personal Discipline: how you do one thing is how you do everything.
6. Why London is a Hard Alien City: We have our desires tickled the whole time “true desires” vs “perceived desires”
7. Always remember “the magic lies in the work you’re avoiding”
8. The Prometheus Effect: We’ve stolen “consciousness” but our cost is “self-consciousness”
9. The Real Reason Jackson Shut Down Orasay and opened Dove…”it’s becoming nigh impossible to run a restaurant in in 2025
10. The Sublime & Why Deliciousness is a Universal Truth