David Pennington
@dtpennington
I write stuff. I’d like to write more stuff. Currently: reclaiming my brain.
David Pennington
dtpennington.com
A user journey that changes who you are
🎯 Notion is a lifestyle
Today you rarely see the word “idle” except when used as a pejorative; to be idle is to be wasteful, and several of the most popular Internet startup companies have targeted underutilized resources such as idle cars (Turo, ZipCar), household equipment (SnapGoods), or empty bedrooms (Airbnb), allowing people to make use of them by renting them out... See more
Christine Rosen • On The Death of Daydreaming
When I had the flip phone, I had to put in effort to get to places, to talk to people. Everything was a task. Now it’s easy to do things. I guess I still don’t like needing the crutch of a smartphone, though I couldn’t figure out how to go on without one.”
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Addressing those who are critical of using the technology in this way, Zuckerberg said, “If you think that something someone is doing is bad, and they think it’s really valuable, most of the time, in my experience, they’re right and you’re wrong, and you just haven’t come up with a framework yet for understanding why the thing that [they’re] doing... See more
Vincent Sanchez-Gomez • We’ve all bought into technosolutionism, but we can opt out.
So, I just haven’t figured out how to make AI work with my life? Lame.
The decline of polymathy... is a crisis of too much information.
Erik Hoel • Polymaths are back from the dead
As soon as you start asking questions, you have an obligation to listen to the answers.