showerthoughts
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
cities need more cozy enchanting late night cafes to work & read from til 1am
interested in big things, and happy in small ways
3-2-1: How to connect with others, what causes old age, and the recipe for success
The more intellectual you grow, the more you lose the great intuitive skills that really touch and move people.
what if public libraries were open late every night and we could engage in public life there instead of having to choose between drinking at the bar and domestic isolation
You can no longer make students do the reading or the writing. So what’s left? Only this: give them work they want to do. And help them want to do it. What, again, is education? The non-coercive rearranging of desire.
Within five years, it will make little sense for scholars of history to keep producing monographs in the traditional mold—nobody will... See more
Within five years, it will make little sense for scholars of history to keep producing monographs in the traditional mold—nobody will... See more