Perception and attention
The future belongs to people who can think about a hard problem for more than 10 minutes without doing anything else.
“everyone wants to be a DJ and no one wants to dance” has political implications that are worth mentioning. in general, we are taught to value authority over community
Dani Offlinesubstack.com
“Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge.”
Carl Jung
People on social media are constantly trying to destigmatize being “try-hard,” because you can’t really be online without trying. But it will never work. It will always be more compelling to garner people’s admiration naturally than to do it on purpose, and the people best at that will always be the most interesting, culturally speaking.
Haley Nahman • #89: The death of sex
I want you to visit my website. I want you to read an article from a search result, and then discover the other things I’ve written, the other people I link to, and explore the weird themes I’ve got. I want some of you to read my article then ask me to speak at your conferences. Many folks rely on ad impressions to support the high-quality content... See more