David Pennington
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I write stuff. I’d like to write more stuff. Currently: reclaiming my brain.
David Pennington
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Personal branding isn’t about “look at me”, it’s about “look at this”
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Buying used books is the absolute antithesis of the subscription model that is destroying everything I love.
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Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive and Creative Self
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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
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The internet is (mostly) a machine for light things.
Anu Atluru • Make Something Heavy.
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archive.phMichael Goldhaber is the internet prophet you’ve never heard of. Here’s a short list of things he saw coming: the complete dominance of the internet, increased shamelessness in politics, terrorists co-opting social media, the rise of reality television, personal websites, oversharing, personal essay, fandoms and online influencer culture — along with the near destruction of our ability to focus.
Most of modern life is designed to get you out of your deepest self and into your head, where you are more vulnerable to anxiety (the grease between the wheels of technocratic capitalism).