making sublime
a collection of thoughts, musings, and ideas that inspire sublime
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making sublime
if you have a garden and a library you have everything you need.
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what if the apps you used helped you keep control over your attention and more intentionally use your time. how many times have we opened twitter/instagram/etc with an intention only to forget about it 15mins later, still sucked down the rabbit hole? sublime is an idea baby, but if we succeed, it's because we helped you live more intentionally.
I have thousands of photos of my children but few that I’ve set aside to revisit. I have records of virtually every text I’ve sent since I was in college but no idea how to find the ones that meant something. I spent years blasting my thoughts to millions of people on X and Facebook even as I fell behind on correspondence with dear friends. I have ... See more
Ezra Klein • Happy 20th Anniversary, Gmail. I’m Sorry I’m Leaving You.
The value of reading, and of writing things down that we read, or hear, cannot be overstated. Two expert guests (who specialize in speech and memory) on the Huberman Lab podcast explained that when we read text or listen to something and then write key aspects/takeaways down by… Show more
Andrew D. Huberman, Ph.D.twitter.comYour job as a notetaker is to preserve the notes you’re taking on the things you discover in such a way that they can survive the journey into the future. That way your excitement and enthusiasm for your knowledge builds over time instead of fading away.
Tiago Forte • Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.” (Plutarch, On Listening to Lectures)
From Notetaking to Neuralink
this is why I love the idea of Sublime delivering just-in-time epiphanies as a north star: the right information, exactly when you need it. our brains are meant for having ideas, not for storing them.
Small minds discuss people
Average minds discuss events
Great minds discuss ideas
I'm thinking about how the design of social networks pulls us towards the small/average - Instagram is centered on photos of the self, Twitter around discussing news/facts of the day.
I want a space for ideas.