Ben Cuan
@bencuan
trying to understand the internet
Ben Cuan
bencuan.me
I know how to handle a day when you feel extremely lazy. Decide that, given that you’re a lazy person, you will work diligently for only 30 entirely focused minutes on the most important thing, and then take the rest of the day off. You will do your best work on these days.
Sasha Chapin • 50 Things I Know
Beyond that the wider internet just strikes me as a sad place. There is no energy there. The cracks in the wall are beginning to show.
The End of the Extremely Online Era
USB Club
usb.club
Local News Is Dying, but Not in San Francisco
nytimes.com
YouTube
youtube.comA sense of dread as I see this. We are slowly seeing the end of the open web.
- AI search powered experiences take away clicks from high quality publishers in aggregate +
- Crawlbots from AI companies not playing by the rules
leading to
- High quality publishers are looking to... See more
Vivek Raghunathanx.com
Marked Variation in Mating Tendencies of Northern California Males Aged 23-29: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Danielleopen.substack.com
reating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement. In a culture that relentlessly promotes avarice and excess as the good life, a person happy doing his own work is usually considered an eccentric, if not a subversive. Ambition is only understood if it's to rise to the top of some imaginary ladder of success.