Abhishek Damania
@abhishek
Abhishek Damania
The mind likes what it can currently understand and control. If what you are presented with is something that will radically transform you ability to show up as you currently have been with the same degree of focus, attention and devotion — it will likely push you away from it.
the mind is a trap
Care is about intention, patience, and impact. It’s the opposite of scalability; scalability is when you don’t care , when you think that the same user experience should be applied to everyone on earth.
🟧 Airbnb’s relaunch and the texture era of design
You’re not “high iq”, your obsessive introspection is stopping you from being authentic and crippling you with a false sense of superiority that you’re too important to enjoy the small things in life, too esoteric for the smallfolk to understand, too proud to be happy, and in the end you win the prize of misery and loneliness—lonely not because you... See more
Sherry • Tweet
The inimitable G. K. Chesterton once said, "There is a law written in the darkest of the Books of Life, and it is this: If you look at a thing nine hundred and ninety-nine times, you are perfectly safe; if you look at it the thousandth time, you are in frightful danger of seeing it for the first time."
L. M. Sacasas • If Your World Is Not Enchanted, You're Not Paying Attention
quit brainrot. unfollow trolls. read essays. go down rabbit holes. have a calendar. maintain a todo list. read old books. watch old movies. turn on dnd. walk with intent. eat without youtube. chew more. train without music. plan for 15 mins. execute. organise your desk. take something seriously. read ancient scripts. act fast. find bread. eat clean... See more
gaurav • Tweet
Without curiosity or critical thinking, we become vulnerable to manipulation, susceptible to polarizing narratives, and ultimately lose the ability to make independent judgments, which is really important for democratic citizenship.
What Happens When Everything Becomes a Meme?
When I was younger, I used to think that committing to something would feel oppressive, limiting, restrictive. But I now realize that the opposite is true — that commitment is freeing. It lets you focus . It collapses the need for you to continue considering options endlessly and instead grounds you to where you are, and helps you enjoy the rewards... See more
