Agalia Tan
- When you have trouble writing, it’s usually because you don’t know what you’re trying to say. Most writing problems are actually thinking problems. And you can't copyedit your way out of poor thinking.
“I would argue what unlocks celebrity is a certain collapsed distance. It’s inhabiting a fantasy of intimacy and proximity. All forms of technology collapse that distance.”
[SHUMON BASAR_NEW MODELS PODCAST]
https://x.com/julesterpak/status/1794558327050953133?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
A common thread on the same video — the comments section isn’t universal, but hyperpersonalised. How might that further divide us?we experience totally different social medias at the same time
people living in post-Internet society may no longer have an unconscious
— Byung-Chul Han
The most invisible form of wasted time is doing a good job on an unimportant task.
Everything is temporary. When a mood is so overwhelming we tend to mistake the intensity of it for the longevity of it
things you should remember and reminders to trust the process
“Chaos is a different word for risk. Tension and complexity are the differences between safe art and art that's willing to push boundaries and make people nervous or, better yet, question the status quo”
[KAREN WONG_CREATIVE CONSULTANT]
— Age of Relevance“It’s published here on the understanding that it will never appear online, because of course, the last thing they’d want is for their favourite places to suddenly become ordinary.”
Steve from Stack Magazine on August’s issue
... See morePsychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi on the value of daily surprises:
"Try to be surprised by something every day. How is this different? What is its essence? Don't assume that you already know what these things are all about, or that even if you knew them, they wouldn't matter anyway. Experience this one thing for what it is, not what you think it