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You Don't Need To Document Everything
When you’re focused on something few others are thinking about, you find yourself constantly making the case to yourself and others that your vision is worth pursuing and worthy of other people’s attention. This ongoing need to justify your work creates a significant emotional overhead
Yancey Strickler • When Your Purpose Is 1-of-1
Platforms like TikTok and Instagram are engines of distraction and cultural rot. They stand in front of the more difficult but more rewarding aspects of life: deep work, intimate connections with friends and loved ones, focused attention for hobbies with intrinsic rewards. By training users to crave constant novelty and the immediate approval of an... See more
Adam Singer • TikTok and Instagram are intellectual poison
So caring less about status can really open up a life. If you don't mind looking strange, and being misunderstood, and being concieved as low status, there are many interesting, meaningful, valuable, and fun directions you can go.
Substack • Status Is Overpriced
