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Not to be confused with “idealism.” Not everything needs to be productive. Life happens in the idle margins, margins that are shrinking by the day.
Or what about a calendar that was simply, as one reader imagined, oriented around protecting time, instead of filling it? What would an un-calendar be
A High-Level Introduction to Idleism Not to be confused with idealism. Although, I wouldn’t mind making the argument that idle is the ideal. Some
“People go to church for the same reasons they go to a tavern: to stupefy themselves, to forget their misery, to imagine themselves, for a few minutes
If people hate technology and think it clashes with nature, I find it hard to blame technology. We have careless technology because we are careless in
My attention is shot. I’d like to have another go. Things about focus, the ruination of focus, ADHD, and paying attention.
A High-Level Introduction to Idleism Not to be confused with idealism. Although, I wouldn’t mind making the argument that idle is the ideal. Some
The point Klinenberg wanted to make was this: If there was no such thing as a library, and someone proposed it today, there's a 99.9% chance they and
Friction-maxxing is not simply a matter of reducing your screen time, or whatever. It’s the process of building up tolerance for “inconvenience” (whic
A High-Level Introduction to Idleism Not to be confused with idealism. Although, I wouldn’t mind making the argument that idle is the ideal. Some
You Don’t Have To Make Art The early chorus of generative AI tools: “Now everyone can make art regardless of their skills or tools.” Could you not ma
Idea: Expiring Email Addresses/ Expiring Email Credibility It used to be a lot easier to change your email address. Open one account, close off or aba
AI is entirely to blame for why most inboxes are useless. The tech has made email marketers vastly more confident in their production to delivery pipe
You Don’t Have To Make Art The early chorus of generative AI tools: “Now everyone can make art regardless of their skills or tools.” Could you not ma
The point Klinenberg wanted to make was this: If there was no such thing as a library, and someone proposed it today, there's a 99.9% chance they and
“People go to church for the same reasons they go to a tavern: to stupefy themselves, to forget their misery, to imagine themselves, for a few minutes
To be a gardener is to give a fuck. To be a gardener is to be invested in a place—to know it, to protect it, to be present to it. How can we protect a
to save, to add to our collection, the action both etches it a little deeper into our hearts and creates a context around the artifact itself, whether
The point Klinenberg wanted to make was this: If there was no such thing as a library, and someone proposed it today, there's a 99.9% chance they and
History teaches, but it has no pupils. Letter from Prison (21 June 1919), translated by Hamish Henderson, Edinburgh University Student Publications.
We have become archivists of the self, I thought, curators of a life half-lived. Each countless photograph of a wonder, of dinner, of a view, of our c
Attention, the decline in literacy, and where this all goes.
The reading brain, once forged by sustained attention and deep engagement, is now adapting to an environment built for speed, distraction, and artific
As content becomes more engineered than written, AI has stepped into the role of ghostwriter; fluent but fatally hollow. Tools like ChatGPT and its co
Not because machines are writing, but because we are beginning to write like them. Predictability has become a virtue. Voice is flattened into tone. S
he model produces better work. Some of my peers believe that large language models produce strictly better writing than they could produce on their ow
Can there be both? Or will all creations ultimately be distilled down to “monetizable content.” This exhibit brought to you by…
In this frivolous new world, everything must be pleasing and inoffensive. Everything and everybody gets marketed like an exciting new product—even old
“Brands as Libraries” proposes that brands should think like cultural institutions in order to deepen their connection to the public – and create thei
Hunter, Steadman, and where the really good writing might have gone.
I now do drawings with no specific purpose to see what comes out. A blank sheet can be anything.
Q: Who are your favorite artists in any genre, classic or contemporary? Your favorite writers? Where did you get those shoes? A: It has to be Goya‘s C
On his personal website, he wrote, "My new book, The Joke's Over, emerged as a form of therapy after the shock of sudden death following the suicide o
he stories you can tell in a film are a fraction of what you can do in a book. What's irritating is that you then do these things, and films have thei
This idea is nothing new and ever more relevant in our age of digital detoxes and celebrities who are famous for being famous. We know what we want, w
They ask, innocently enough, if I tasted any good scotch while I was in Scotland. And I answer, with a bit of spite – I have no idea.
Stories don’t sell, they invite and inspire.
weathering the ups and downs of creative projects, life, relationships. one brick at a time.
Work, family, or friends: pick two. You can have it all, just not all at once.
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The story of Sylvester Stallone in 1975 sitting down to write a screenplay and, three and a half days later, emerging with the full script for Rocky:
“You can’t produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant.” Some things just take time: compounding, craftsmanship, and good judgment.
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A good life doesn’t ask you to be good at everything. It asks you to find the small circle where you have unusual leverage, and to be peacefully avera
My father was a Sarkari Babu (government officer with basic salary) his entire life, he was at one job throughout his life. He drove a Bajaj scooter
Principle that technology should require the smallest possible amount of attention. Technology can communicate, but doesn't need to speak.
Technology increasingly robs us of the mystical in our lives. Not everything needs to be fast and available and convenient. I love ideas and products
We need ritual technology. Technology designed for ritual use.Why? Most of the software we use daily is designed to engagement-max. Social media feeds