Ben Cuan
@bencuan
trying to understand the internet
Ben Cuan
bencuan.me
On Doing Nothing
The text advocates for the value of idleness and leisure, arguing that doing nothing can be spiritually enriching and beneficial for mental health, contrasting it with the harms of constant activity and productivity.
wastepaper.wordpress.com
Back in the 2000s, a lot of blogs were about blogs , about blogging. If that sounds exhaustingly meta, well, yes — but it was also SUPER generative. When the thing can describe itself, when it becomes the natural place to discuss and debate itself, I am telling you: some flywheel gets spinning, and powerful things start to happen.
Robin Sloan • A Year of New Avenues
There is no place for self-actualisation like the Internet. To put on and take off identities, personalities, interests, and styles with no cost at all and by simply lifting a pointer finger. This has generally been considered an advantage of the Internet. I’d argue it is not. It feeds an instinct that has been trained in us from marketing... See more
Phoebe Gibb • The Digital Bedroom
Goals Set the Line Between Ambition & Enjoyment
substack.com
The Intellectual Obesity Crisis
open.substack.com
“The journey is not a straight line but a completed circle. The real destination is your own front door.”