Living ethically
How to live, work, stay calm, and enjoy myself without destroying the world
Living ethically
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Slow media promote Monotasking . Slow Media cannot be consumed casually, but provoke the full concentration of their users. As with the production of a good meal, which demands the full attention of all senses by the cook and his guests, Slow Media can only be consumed with pleasure in focused alertness.
The Slow Media Manifesto – Slow Media
"I’ve become convinced that what you need instead is a full-fledged philosophy of technology use, rooted in your deep values, that provides clear answers to the questions of what tools you should use and how you should use them and, equally important, enables you to confidently ignore everything else." (Cal Newport, Digital Minimalism)
It was Descartes, too, who formed the project of a School of Arts and Crafts, where each artisan would learn fully to understand the theoretical bases of his own craft; he thus showed himself to be more socialist, in the matter of culture, than all Marx’s disciples
Simone Weil • Oppression and Liberty
"Embracing risk, fear, and rejection gives you the power to transform your life."
– Million Dollar Weekend: The Surprisingly Simple Way to Launch a 7-Figure Business in 48 Hours von Noah Kagan
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– Million Dollar Weekend: The Surprisingly Simple Way to Launch a 7-Figure Business in 48 Hours von Noah Kagan
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All oppressive societies give birth to a false conception of the relationship between man and nature, from the mere fact that it is only the downtrodden who are in direct contact with nature,
Simone Weil • Oppression and Liberty
We have the illusion that the world functions thanks to programmed design, university research, and bureaucratic funding, but there is compelling—very compelling—evidence to show that this is an illusion, the illusion I call lecturing birds how to fly. Technology is the result of antifragility, exploited by risk-takers in the form of tinkering and... See more
Nassim Nicholas Taleb • Incerto 4-Book Bundle
And since technology is not value neutral, to be a technologist is to be inherently opinionated about how the world ought to be. Each act of creation is a statement about one particular means to an end being the best possible means. As Saffron Huang writes, “[b]ringing something into existence is in fact endorsing that thing itself. As we hurtle... See more
Rebecca • On being a technologist
I’ve always felt that if there wasn’t so much pressure—just a little more time—I could do really well.