reading, watching & listening to
sharing a selection of things I'm reading and find thought provoking
reading, watching & listening to
On shortcuts and longcuts
open.substack.com
Smaller, slower distribution could mean better content, better relationships, and better businesses — doubtless at smaller scales than what was hoped from BuzzFeed, Vice, etc., but then those didn’t work out. The benefits of cultivating and controlling your own distribution are mutual comprehension between a publication and its consumers; feelings of loyalty and trust; and perhaps an ability to survive in the long term, building a more durable institution.
From Jeff Bezos’ conversation with Lex Fridman:
... See moreIf you think about the good old days, they're mostly an illusion. Like, in almost every way, life is better for almost everyone today than it was, say, 50 years ago or 100 years ago. We live better lives, by and large, than our grandparents did and their grandparents did, and so on. And you can see
this was a beautifully honest retrospective
A Reddit Bot Drove Me Insane
posthuman.blog
whoa
what is even real anymore?
The Sound of Silence - Live from Rosh Hashanah Service
youtube.commagnificent rendition of this beautiful song.
I read this in print (via Printernet’s exceptional curation). It beautifully captures the spirit of print. And Kai is a really good interviewer.