Charlotte Rubesa
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Charlotte Rubesa
How to spend it
What the tomato-grower was pointing toward is what my friend, the environmental activist and author Chip Ward, long ago called “the tyranny of the quantifiable”. You grow tomatoes for the process, not just the product, to garden as well as to eat. To do as well as to have.
What technology takes from us – and how to take it back | Rebecca Solnit
From Rebecca Solnit’s ‘What echnology takes from us - and how to take it back’
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Brain Health, Decoded
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You used to get your best ideas in the shower.
Now you have a waterproof phone case.
Scrolling while eating. Podcasts while walking. Background noise just to fall asleep. We've eliminated every gap where the mind once wandered.
As a neuroscientist, I can tell you - your brain needs those gaps. Try one... See more
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Brain Health, Decoded
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You used to get your best ideas in the shower.
Now you have a waterproof phone case.
Scrolling while eating. Podcasts while walking. Background noise just to fall asleep. We've eliminated every gap where the mind once wandered.
As a neuroscientist, I can tell you - your brain needs those gaps. Try one... See more
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The spectacle of the craft
Human-made (bespoke, labour-intensive, time-consuming) is valued more, in theory. But, as the industrial revolution taught us, in practice, that doesn’t always translate into profit. In contrast to the Apple TV ident, which says ‘for a five-second clip, why NOT make something real?’ The Coca-Cola Christmas adverts instead... See more
Human-made (bespoke, labour-intensive, time-consuming) is valued more, in theory. But, as the industrial revolution taught us, in practice, that doesn’t always translate into profit. In contrast to the Apple TV ident, which says ‘for a five-second clip, why NOT make something real?’ The Coca-Cola Christmas adverts instead... See more
I’m not a robot: why showing your workings has never been more important
analogue and human made as a feature
Embrace Muddles // Brian Eno
🟠 You don’t need a perfect plan—just the willingness to start.
🟠 Most great work is improvised, not orchestrated.
🟠 Creativity often begins as chaos—then takes shape as you go.
Clarity comes after creation, not before. You don’t need... See more
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