thinking deeply about stuff that matters
When you chase perfection, when you make perfection the ultimate goal, do you know what you’re doing? You’re chasing something that doesn’t exist. You’re making everyone around you miserable.
You’re making yourself miserable. Perfection? There’s about five times a year you wake up perfect, when you can’t lose to anybody, but it’s not those five
... See moreAndre Agassi • Open: An Autobiography
do I actually want it or do I want others to see that I have it?
youtu.beWe have normalised overconsumption. Listening to a podcast while we walk, scrolling reels in the toilet, listening to music while we cook, watching a show on Netflix while we eat. It’s as if there is NO breathing space for your mind. You’re constantly trying to fill the void, the stillness and yet here you’re complaining about feeling groggy and... See more
Devansh Tomarsubstack.com— people scroll not because they enjoy it, but because they don’t know how to stop. Self-help influencers now recommend weekly “no-screen Sundays” (yes, the irony). The mark of the hipster is no longer an ill-fitting beanie but an old-school Nokia dumbphone.
The Last Days Of Social Media | NOEMA
about social media and how it´s changing forever
It’s the creation vs consumption dichotomy. When our content consumption doesn’t lead to any creation, it is mere consumption that ends up consuming us.
Aditi Mandalsubstack.com... See morePolitics isn’t a trend, like clothes or shoes. It shapes our lives, whether we acknowledge it or not. / The problem is choosing to remain unaware of the world around you—wilful ignorance—while simultaneously complaining about everything. Politics affects our livelihoods, our health, and every aspect of our existence. / Ignorance may be bliss, but
comment from a lecture on how consumerism is a perfect form of slavery
literally what inspired me to cleanse myself and start thinking again