David Pennington
@dtpennington
I write stuff. I’d like to write more stuff. Currently: reclaiming my brain.
David Pennington
dtpennington.com
Libraries in the Digital Age: A Case Study in Equipping Librarians with the Tools of Idea Management - Forte Labs
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Some people say that if you do what you love at work, you never work a day in your life. I would argue that, at least under a capitalist system, if you do what you love at work, what you love could eventually become what you hate. That is why capitalism kills creativity.
Why I Don't Make Art For a Living: How Capitalism Kills Creativity - Nadya Primak
The internet is (mostly) a machine for light things.
Anu Atluru • Make Something Heavy.
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.
Side projects as the key to the good life By Marty Bell • 31 Jul 2025
When I was 13, I created a chat room for teenagers to talk about art and photography (the tagline was, if I remember, “The future of art but we don’t give a fuck”). I think that was the first self-made project I put out into the world, and it taught me one of the most important
... See moreThe people we traditionally consider to be smartest are those best at some sort of a general math / reasoning ability.
This is not what genius is.
This is not what genius is.
Alexey Guzey • Intelligence killed genius - Alexey Guzey
The Internet is Destroying Your Attention: How to Survive the Attention Economy
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- He would identify the topic he wanted to focus on for the next season of life. He would usually be weighing what he planned to do during this time, like teaching a seminar, writing articles, attending conferences, etc.
- He would then revisit key papers and ideas from that topic as a way of refreshing his mind.
- Then, he would begin in earnest. This