Is This Real Life?

Brad Barrish

Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson Addresses the 2025 LMU Undergraduate Commencement

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Questlove is a treasure to humanity.

as if the worst thing in the world is unstructured free time.

elle's homepage

I love it when elle posts stuff like this. She’s always so insightful.

I’d like to thank the handymen and women of YouTube for uploading helpful videos like 12 years ago before it became impossible to find any information on the internet.

My Internet: Liz Franczak

Amen

The “I have taste” starter pack.

Man, Brian Eno's take on generative AI is a brutal read. I got to the end and whispered, "damn" under my breath.

the fact that everything is ‘possibly’ fake and inconvenient or expensive to consider, means that most people just stop trusting most things as true (which in turn massively opens up what can happen, because you can just claim anything is fake and enough people will believe your or be unwilling or unable to sort out reality anyway) — this can also

SWL Week in Review

Bits of Sam Lessin’s latest email newsletter haven’t left me since I read it. I think you sign up on his website. Sorry, he doesn’t seem to have archives on the web anywhere.

It’s tempting to trade credibility for fame.

Is This Real Life?

Paul Venuto • feed updates

Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson Addresses the 2025 LMU Undergraduate Commencement

elle's homepage

My Internet: Liz Franczak

SWL Week in Review

Seth Godin • The fame/trust inversion