Alex Dobrenko
@alexdobrenko
writer comedian just a lil guy head of vibes at Sublime
Alex Dobrenko
botharetrue.substack.com
Smaller units (individuals, communities, etc.) have efficient but localized forms of doing a thing. The doing of the thing is plugged into a much larger worldview which explains both how to do the thing and why you do the thing — James Scott calls that metis. When a larger unit (states, corporations, what have you) subsumes the smaller unit, it... See more
Aaron Z. Lewis • Metaphors we believe by
- Pre-modern information environments were locally shared common worlds mediated chiefly by our embodied experience.
- Modernity offered instead a de-situated public sphere built on a shared institutional and expert knowledge mediated by print and mass media.
- What we are now living through is the collapse of the modern arrangement and the emergence of
L. M. Sacasas • From Common Sense to Bespoke Realities
Apple's original logo, designed by Ronald Wayne (the company's third co-founder) in 1976, depicted Sir Isaac Newton reading a book under an apple tree, where he supposedly discovered gravity. It captures the moment right before an apple fell on his head.
The frame also has an extract from William Wordsworth’s poem, The... See more
instagram.com“Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.”
― Simone Weil
― Simone Weil
Carissa Potter • How to feel alive again.
After reading a fascinating post by @Beth Bentley on no-phone spaces a few weeks ago, I thought I’d have a crack of my own at the subject.
That took me down a rabbit hole of dancefloor etiquette, micro-detox events and whether the phone-free movement has legs. 📵
Philip Tealesubstack.comBut, meditation is not about feeling a certain way. It’s about feeling the way you feel.
Jon Kabat-Zinn • Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life
As a storyteller, do you ever think that means we’ve run out of things to say?
No. Families get together and they tell stories. How many times have you talked about that summer where dad drove the car into the lake, or whatever? There’s something reassuring to revisiting stories, the kind of ancient storytelling tradition of the campfire: “Tell me... See more
No. Families get together and they tell stories. How many times have you talked about that summer where dad drove the car into the lake, or whatever? There’s something reassuring to revisiting stories, the kind of ancient storytelling tradition of the campfire: “Tell me... See more
Finn Cohen • After Five Seasons of ‘Fargo,’ Noah Hawley Is Still Rooting for America
Noah Howley
Susan Mossman Taylor on Substack
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For Susan Mossman Taylor Forever Ago
Susan asked for a collection - here’s her original prompt
