David Pennington
@dtpennington
I write stuff. I’d like to write more stuff. Currently: reclaiming my brain.
David Pennington
dtpennington.com
Perhaps the immutable error of parenthood is that we give our children what we wanted, whether they want it or not.”
Austin Kleon • Give Yourself What You Needed Then and Give Your Kids What They Need Now
- Always be smartly dressed, well groomed relaxed and friendly polite and in complete control.
- Make the world to believe in you and to pay heavily for this privilege.
- Never worry assess discuss or criticize but remain quiet respectful and calm.
- The lord chisels still, so don’t leave your bench for long.
THE LAWS OF SCULPTORS, Gilbert and George
It's All Experiments
Our strength should not be measured by our ability to push away our tech, but by our ability to hold and live with tech in peace.
Matt Klein • Unplugging Is Not the Solution You Want
We are never as good as we should be; and neither, it seems, are other people. A life without a so-called critical faculty would seem an idiocy: what are we, after all, but our powers of discrimination, our taste, the violence of our preferences? Self-criticism, and the self as critical, are essential to our sense, our picture, of our so-called... See more
Adam Phillips • Adam Phillips · Against Self-Criticism
Dr. Gage studies how certain activities can stimulate the growth of new cells in the brain. “I think if you’re doing complex work that involves making decisions and planning, that may matter more than whether you’re using your hands,” he said.
Working With Your Hands Is Good for Your Brain - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
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
The “Silurian Hypothesis” is a fun thought experiment.
It posits Earth may have had advanced civilizations in the deep past that we are, today, unaware of. Why wouldn’t we know about them? Because if they existed millions of years ago and died out, their architecture would be long gone. “No ruins of ancient football stadiums, highways or housing... See more
It posits Earth may have had advanced civilizations in the deep past that we are, today, unaware of. Why wouldn’t we know about them? Because if they existed millions of years ago and died out, their architecture would be long gone. “No ruins of ancient football stadiums, highways or housing... See more