weekly Go Flip Yourself
roundup links to share every week on k7v.in and flana.substack.com
weekly Go Flip Yourself
roundup links to share every week on k7v.in and flana.substack.com
what you truly really want is wealth; not money
a middle-finger technology + a love-letter technology

about culture cycles
about the danger of caring more about the past rather than the future [are you holding rights? or are you creating what’s next?]
the battle between macro-culture and micro-culture — and while the former is declining, the latter might thrive
“you can’t reduce things to formula”
the difference between art and entertainment
we need mind-expanding experiences
there is a real danger in going full-passive consumption; which is bad for the culture
“i spend more time reading than i do writing” => “any process you have in the world, your output depends on your input”
fluid intelligence versus crystallized intelligence
now being similar to 1800’s: back then, power went from the industrialists to the creative people
you get luckier if you force yourself out of your comfort zone
what Internet allowed is: direct contact with your audience, your people
because we might be all status-seeking monkey anyway. and because “at the same time, taste games are supposed to be human nature.”
In addition to physical exercise and my family fondness, walking remains important to me as an emblem of the sacredness of life. Humans think. Human feel. Humans move.
We encounter others in our walks. The world – nature, cities, streams, forests – unfolds underfoot. Walking remains a primary way we go beyond ourselves.

short-form video could just be a glitch in the long arc of consumer media