what is Social Media doing to us?

When it comes to the quality of our thoughts and judgments, the amount of information a communication medium supplies is less important than the way the medium presents the information and the way, in turn, our minds take it in. The brain's capacity is not unlimited. The passageway from perception to understanding is narrow. It takes patience and c

Kids will not believe me when I say this, but people didn’t always absorb their “content” by way of mysterious algorithmic black magic on endlessly-scrolling crack feeds. We used to type web addresses into our browsers, and actually visit our favorite sites. This, going to “www dot college shitpost dot com” or whatever, was itself considered a radi

when bob dylan sings, it feels like he’s singing for no one but himself. at least not trying to mold around his feelings / sayings so they’re pretty to others. he’s singing the things that hit on truth for him.

his strange rap song and the music video that goes along with it… is raw and even not super pleasant. but it has swagger. he’s saying random

“Our minds are hurt more often by overeating than by hunger.” — Petrarch

frenetic aimlesness

a thought after listening to Dave Fontenot on Invest like the Best:

social media shifts our relationship with time because you feel like there’s an endless number of things you have to sift through, and time starts to feel limited.

there's something about feeling a sense of abundant time that's really powerful and conducive to flow state - how do we

Very few people really have their own opinion. Very often, their opinion is just the opinion of someone else. Perfectly prepared, warmed up and served medium well.

I'm not above this, and I'd argue not many people are. All our opinions are shaped by other peoples' opinion. It's how this all works. The question is just, how many opinions do I require

From Bill Gates’ conversation with Trevor Noah on the What now? podcast, reflecting on social media and the Internet:

Our industry was very young and just incredibly fast moving, but it didn't have this, oh, this will be a tool for Holocaust denial or weird impacts. And the idea that it would directly be used for political influence, one country try

this insight from morgan housel on tim ferriss: "People think they're capturing attention but what they're actually fostering is envy."