Brad Barrish
@bradbarrish
Nerd
Brad Barrish
@bradbarrish
Nerd
This took my breath away and brought me back to my mother’s bedside.
You see — if software is to have soul, it must feel more like the world around it. Which is the biggest clue of all that feeling is what’s missing from today’s software. Because the value of the tools, objects, and artworks that we as humans have surrounded ourselves with for thousands of years goes so far beyond their functionality. In many ways,
... See moreMaggie articulates what I believe is the future of the web, or at least a component of what it will be.
Being bored is not just a pause in the dopamine drip, but the void into which thought, desire, and distraction rush to take shape. It is not merely the opposite of stimulation— it is the state from which all stimulation is an escape. There is boredom, and from it, everything else grows.
I don’t love writing; I love having a problem I believe I might someday write my way out of.