alex

@alexwastaken

curious librarian

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Brazilian Handcrafted Objects and Furniture

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Opinionated people on social media fall into five categories: Principled-Brave: Say what they think regardless of what's popular Principled-Timid: Say what they think when it's safe to do so Bandwagoner: Say whatever's... See more

Tim Urban

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Alex Morris • SCRAPSCRAPS v 164

Advice for those in their 20s: “ten years from now, you need to be able to say that this is the life you chose, not one you settled for.” A future that is created intentionally is more pleasant than one that is scrapped together by avoidance-driven choices.

Early Career Advice

A memento mori for the anxious age

Courtney Bowers open.substack.com

Worth reading

Great ads

Naming things destroys things. Naming things creates things.

Product naming

Human Stuff and Designing for Emotions

we design our tech for users, not people. what a great little visual!

I think there is a mental health crisis amongst both journalists and artists, and I think that ad driven platform capitalism is largely responsible

Mat Dryhurst twitter.com

dreaming of a better internet

our internet is bad for mental health. everyone feels this but, individuated, we comply for fear of retribution.

the practices that gave our lives purpose and meaning have been all but obliterated in search of attention