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Machines, it turned out, could not offer an adequate substitute for human connection, or give us what we needed to get ahead. And maybe they never will.
Kevin Roose • Futureproof: 9 Rules for Humans in the Age of Automation
is perhaps a cliché to say that our humanity is displayed best and enjoyed most when faced with serious limitations, but it is true for all that. Without distractions, we notice what is around us. Without rewards, living closely with others, we see how our activities and actions meet or fail to meet real human needs. We become more able to focus on
... See moreZena Hitz • Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life
But most days, if you’re aware enough to give yourself a choice, you can choose to look differently at this fat, dead-eyed, over-made-up lady who just screamed at her kid in the checkout line. Maybe she’s not usually like this. Maybe she’s been up three straight nights holding the hand of a husband who is dying of bone cancer. Or maybe this very la... See more
jamesclear.com • "This Is Water" by David Foster Wallace
He told us that one reason he and his friends wanted to start the commune and learn to “live off the land” in a simple way was that “we want to be the last people on earth.” Vonnegut said, “Isn’t that kind of a stuck-up kind of thing to want to be?” In the way he spoke and the way he wrote, Vonnegut was always coming up with the plain-spoken words
... See moreDan Wakefield • If This Isn’t Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young
Why anything? Because this moment simply is. Have you ever seen bugs trapped in amber?”