Thought provoking
ne of my favorite pieces of modern wisdom ever uttered comes from Jim Carrey:
“I’ve often said that I wish people could realize all their dreams and wealth and fame so that they could see that it’s not where you’re going to find your sense of completion … No matter what you gain, ego will not let you rest. He will tell you that you cannot stop until... See more
“I’ve often said that I wish people could realize all their dreams and wealth and fame so that they could see that it’s not where you’re going to find your sense of completion … No matter what you gain, ego will not let you rest. He will tell you that you cannot stop until... See more
You realize how much of your personality is reactive to a timeline instead of rooted in your own characters and story. Past a point, posting is more identity construction than expression.
Notes on Not Posting
You’re either making in light mode or in heavy mode.
Light mode is fast and iterative, producing work that’s quick to make but just as quick to fade. It’s the mode of rapid experiments, side quests, and prolific posting. Heavy mode is slower, deliberate, and intentional (often hermit mode). It’s the mode of deep work that builds over time and
... See moreMake something heavy — Substack entry
You find out who wants to talk to you and who just wants you to entertain them. True friends text you, the others just wait.
Notes on Not Posting
At a certain point we’re gonna have to build up some machinery, inside our guts, to help us deal with this. Because the technology is just gonna get better and better and better and better. And it’s gonna get easier and easier and more and more convenient, and more and more pleasurable, to be alone with images on a screen, given to us by by people... See more
David Foster Wallace Tried to Warn Us About these Eight Things
Technology, David Foster Wallace
Irritability and envy go down. The feed is a ragebait firehose and a comparison machine. You always knew this, but you forgot.
Notes on Not Posting
To get status, you have to give up status.
Modernity is obsessed with legibility.
The most interesting people aren’t.
The most interesting people aren’t.