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Boona
Reflecting on this email from a Sublime believer:
Consuming media has become a massive time-suck for humankind. Only decades ago, the average person had one source of information, if any — the newspaper. Journalists chronicled happenings relevant to their community. And that was it. Someone got married, someone is selling their house, someone died,
... See more“We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.” -Kurt Vonnegut
I always worried about how to make the life of my superiors easier by not upwardly delegating stuff. Many people do that: they do a half-assed job and hope their superiors will fix it. I was very conscious of not doing that, of not upwardly delegating. And when you do all that, people come out of the woodwork wanting to mentor you. Because they can... See more
There is less time these days for anything other than economic survival. The internet has moved seamlessly into the interstices of this situation, redistributing our minimum of free time into unsatisfying micro-installments, spread throughout the day. In the absence of time to physically and politically engage with our community the way many of us... See more
Jia Tolentino • Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
For still there are so many things that I have never seen: in every wood in every spring there is a different green.
J.R.R. Tolkien • The Lord of the Rings
@elonmusk Scott Adams is once again showcasing his brilliance!
This one is one of my favorites of his many insights. https://t.co/nqjJPpq12Q
