Brian Sholis

- "The decision to **add to cart** is no longer a knee-jerk reaction mid-scroll on social media, but now a risky energetic investment by an increasingly cynical and burnt-out online user."

- “Art exposes us to the universal experience of being a meaning-making animal in a universe where meanings falter. A good definition of art, it seems to me, might be the science of making meaning-making tools.”

* “All friendships of any length are based on a continued, mutual forgiveness. Without tolerance and mercy all friendships die.”

* “It’s lack of awareness to lossiness that dooms most conversations to miscommunication, not the lossiness itself.”

* “When you get on a plane and travel you go 15 heartbeats per mile. That is, in the time it takes to travel a mile in flight your heart beats 15 times. On a train your heart might beat 250 times per mile. And we count this up and we make sense of it. We’re constantly switching accelerations; we’re jumping between time frames. That’s what we’re... See more

* “Instead of growing your Rolodex, double down on your best friendships, and find your 10 Club.”