David Pennington
@dtpennington
I write stuff. I’d like to write more stuff. Currently: reclaiming my brain.
David Pennington
dtpennington.com
“librarians are what the internet is aching for—people on task to care about the past, with respect to the past and also to what it shall bequeath to the future.” Can we reimagine libraries for the digital age?
newpublic.org • The word for web is forest
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 and heal ourselves and our planet if we’re not willing to step into, and value, the role of the gardener?
Wonderground • Audacious Gardening: On Daring to Care
Regaining the connection between human and nature, so maybe the instinct of human nature can finally take over.
Said differently, we try to measure what we value.
But we inevitably end up valuing what we measure.
But we inevitably end up valuing what we measure.
Sari Azout • Becoming unLLMable
So far, 2024 isn’t giving me any joy.
Jenna Park • The moment I finally called myself a writer
She thought about that for a moment. “But it’s so boring,” she said. “Yes, that’s true,” I said. “Boredom is not just boring. It can also be terrifying. It forces us to come face-to-face with bigger questions of meaning and purpose. But boredom is also an opportunity for discovery and invention. It creates the space necessary for a new thought to
... See moreAnna Lembke • Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
security can evaporate the moment we stop believing in it.
Kening Zhu • feeling safe in creative work & business — kening zhu
Everything is fake. If you can’t admit that, you aren’t ready to level up your career 👀 🤷♀️
Our systems, our jobs, our entire societal framework— it’s all just a collective agreement, a shared illusion that we’ve collectively bought into. If we choose to stop believing in it, it loses its power and fades into oblivion.... See more
tiktok.comEverything is fake, the world is a construct. Reconstruct it.
1 The new tool should be cheaper than the one it replaces.
2 It should be at least as small in scale as the one it replaces.
3 It should do work that is clearly and demon-strably better than the one it replaces.
4 It should use less energy than the one it replaces.
5 If possible, it should use some form of solar energy, such as that of the body.
6 It
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