I am tired of seeing speed as a selling point.
I’ve wanted to talk about this for a long time.
I think one of the main reasons many of us feel anxious is because we have more productivity tools than ever, but these tools rarely match how we naturally want to create.
Here’s
I am tired of seeing speed as a selling point. I’ve wanted to talk about this for a long time. I think one of the main reasons many of us feel anxious is because we have more productivity tools than ever, but these tools rarely match how we naturally want to create. Here’s
Despite what Silicon Valley’s productivity prophets preach, cranking out more widgets faster doesn’t equal a life well-lived. Their gospel of optimisation ignores the fundamental question: what’s the point of being 10x more productive if we’re not 10x more fulfilled?
337 / Productivity’s empty promise
It seems like every time we get a tool that’s supposed to help us work better, faster, and smarter, it turns us into reactive, transactional, careless chaos monkeys.
Brie Wolfson • Good Cogs and Their Tools
But I also think that something more profound is happening here. Instead of being a passive consumer of the web, I begin to feel as though the internet is molding itself around my intentions, transforming from a distraction machine into a precision instrument for creativity.
Sari Azout • The End of Productivity
It's funny that we invented machines to reduce our workload and enjoy more of our limited time on this planet.
Yet, somewhere along the way, we drifted off course and started trying to work on overdrive, behaving like machines only to regret it later on our deathbeds ↗.
We try hacks and supplements to trick our minds and bodies into producing more an... See more
Yet, somewhere along the way, we drifted off course and started trying to work on overdrive, behaving like machines only to regret it later on our deathbeds ↗.
We try hacks and supplements to trick our minds and bodies into producing more an... See more
tools said to us:
It's gonna take you a while.
It's normal to take a while.
It'd be weird if you made something beautiful so quickly.
The problem isn't that you're not working fast enough.
The problem is your expectations are not realistic.
Our Al helps you slow the fuck down and make something wonderful.
My cards are on the table.
I don't want to go live
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