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

written in 1996!
The important waves of technological change are those that fundamentally alter the place of technology in our lives. What matters is not technology itself, but its relationship to us.

my goals of buying things of quality and character, objects with a story to tell
Instead of pointing out, “What tech is doing to us...” what if we asked, “What are we doing to ourselves?”

Getting new things feels exciting. Simply having the things you already have, even if those things are immensely valuable, doesn’t usually feel like anything. The relative view only allows new acquisitions to feel strongly rewarding for a brief time, before you fully assimilate your new identity as an iPad-haver or Blundstone-wearer.
Feeling the full wealth of what you’ve already got is possible only when you measure that wealth from zero. Then you can feel its absolute value, rather than its relative value.