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We’ve long had the sense that it’s possible to cultivate an experience on the Internet that is more calm, thoughtful, and introspective. And we’ve long had the view that this is possible not from a technology-oriented approach, but from an approach that is more soft, more personal, and more intuitive.
are.na • On Motivation
Brian Eno observes, “I had a large house once. Effectively it had infinite cheap storage. I’ve never been so miserable as when I found myself living among the unselected heaps of crap that I’d accumulated. I favor savage selection, but everyone making their own. That way you get a myriad of perspectives instead of one and instead of an undifferenti
... See moreStewart Brand • The Clock Of The Long Now: Time and Responsibility
So, there’s the trick. The path to taste is really as simple as writing a little plus and minus in the margin more often. If we apply this to digital space, we can turn them from an overwhelming and chaotic bombardment into a steady stream of things we find beautiful, that in turn, can define our tastes. For me, Are.na is a space for this kind of c... See more
Brie Wolfson • Notes on “Taste”
The biggest compliment for us is when someone describes Are.na as healthy. We want to cultivate a culture about being curious and going deeper when necessary. We think the feeling of, “I’m interested in this weird topic and I’m going to see how far that interest goes” is way better than, for instance, putting up a picture and getting 50 likes or so... See more