Alex Dobrenko
@alexdobrenko
writer comedian just a lil guy head of vibes at Sublime
Alex Dobrenko
botharetrue.substack.com
I want to drill down on one aspect of the intro, too, because I think it’s essential: how has care “curdled,” for lack of a better word, in our minds? And what have been the implications of that degradation?
Definitely curdled. When I say the word “care” I think it often brings to mind the smell of diapers or that unpleasant combo of urine and... See more
Definitely curdled. When I say the word “care” I think it often brings to mind the smell of diapers or that unpleasant combo of urine and... See more
Anne Helen Petersen • "I Went Into Motherhood Determined Not to Lose Myself in It."
intelligence is far more broad than we 'know'
Many cultures make use of memento mori to remind us of our mortality, the skeletons and dying flowers often represented in art or on display in the marketplace. In past centuries, it was common to sit for portraits while holding a dead rose or to carry a watch shaped like a skull in order to signify time running out. In my practice, I notice that
... See moreMeg Jay • The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter--And How to Make the Most of Them Now
Even The Platforms Want To Be Creators Now
Ryan Broderick • Selling your filter bubble back to you
The smart plans are failing. We need a much dumber plan.
Packy McCormick • How to Fix a Country in 12 Days
In real life, the success or failure of each individual performance often plays out in the form of concrete, physical action—you get invited over for dinner, or you lose the friendship, or you get the job. Online, performance is mostly arrested in the nebulous realm of sentiment, through an unbroken stream of hearts and likes and eyeballs,
... See moreJia Tolentino • Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
Make ethics explicit.
Ben Horowitz • What You Do Is Who You Are: How to Create Your Business Culture
