Write on the internet. Find or create a ...

Write on the internet.

Find or create a

third place.

Pick up the phone.

Join niche interest groups.

Live, don't lurk.

Embrace candid culture.

Put people you care about on the calendar.

Don't play near black holes.

Meet people at farmers markets.

Learn to communicate.

Make wobbly things. Subscribe to local events calendars.

Learn to win friends.

Learn to feel.

Email strangers.

And so on.

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added by Minsuk Kang 강민석 and · updated 3mo ago

Large parasocial platforms transformed the internet into a hostile and impersonal place. They feed our FOMO to keep us clicking. They exaggerate our differences for "engagement". They create engines for stardom to keep us creeping. They bait us into nutritionless and sensationalist content. Humanity cannot subsist on hype alone.

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andrea and added
Make friends over the internet with people who are great at things you're interested in. The internet is one of the biggest advantages you have over prior generations. Leverage it.
from Advice · Patrick Collison by patrickcollison.com
Keely Adler added
1) Write. There is no substitute. Write what you most passionately want to write, not blogs, posts, tweets or all the disposable bubblewrap in which modern life is cushioned. But start small: write a good sentence, then a good paragraph, and don’t be dreaming about writing the great American novel or what you’ll wear at the awards ceremony becaus
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from How to Be a Writer: 10 Tips From Rebecca Solnit by Rebecca Solnit
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from Advice · Patrick Collison by patrickcollison.com

from How to Be a Writer: 10 Tips From Rebecca Solnit by Rebecca Solnit