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It is possible to see one crucial aspect of modernity as an ongoing crisis of attentiveness, in which the changing configurations of capitalism continually push attention and distraction to new limits and thresholds, with an endless sequence of new products, sources of stimulation, and streams of information, and then respond with new methods of... See more

I am much more concerned about the decline of today’s thinking people than I am about the rise of tomorrow’s thinking machines

Instead of letting every notification or headline shape your day, choose a few trusted sources that actually align with your values. Lately, I’ve been limiting myself to just three sources of input per day. I also theme my days to help my brain gain consistency and predictability. Thursdays are for catching up on financial news. Sundays are for... See more

What differentiates someone who paints every day in private, and someone who paints every day and posts about it on Instagram? Nothing besides the act of practicing their craft in public- and that’s not what defines the act.

For whatever reason, labelling yourself as anything when you’re brought up in a world with social media, only tends to feel right when there’s an element of public sharing. But why should we feel better owning our passions as a part of who we are only when we’re practicing them in front of an audience? An audience or lack thereof doesn’t define... See more

But when ease becomes the default measure of value—when “fast” and “frictionless” are always better, we lose something critical: the slow, inconvenient texture of real life and real relationships.