weekly Go Flip Yourself

Discussing the long arc of tech; and why optimism.

- being connected to information; then being connected to people; then machines start to own the spaces

- social media is judging all the time

- we now gravitate toward technologies which are more isiolationist

am I in sync’ between my calendar and what bring me joy?

In my past experiences publishing, I sought public success assuming it would lead to feelings of private satisfaction. It’s only now, observing this expectation clearly for the first time, that I can see how misguided this was.

In this experiment I took the agency and time to define success. It wasn't an open-ended search for approval. The goal was to express an idea, its full context, and for them to be seen and understood. That has happened, adding up to maybe the most enjoyable publishing experience of my writing life to date. Those 250 collectors satisfied my entire Maslow’s hierarchy of writerly needs with their support.

There is a new lifestyle imposed on almost the entire world, (...) which somehow affects all ordinary people: a consumption-oriented life. Fast consumption, constant consumption, more consumption.