David Pennington
@dtpennington
I write stuff. I’d like to write more stuff. Currently: reclaiming my brain.
David Pennington
dtpennington.com
The important tools will find you .
Adam Singer • Amateurs obsess over tools, pros over mastery
Q: In Wayne Ewing ‘s documentary, Breakfast with Hunter , you stated that, in your opinion, readers of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas believed the artist and author to be one and the same. You also stated that without your drawings nobody would have noticed the story. Do you believe this or were you just trying to get a rise out of Hunter?
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Ralph Steadman Answers Your Questions - Freakonomics
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)
"The Chinese say you need three things for paintings: the hand, the eye and the heart,” says the painter David Hockney. “I think that remark is very, very good. Two won’t do. A good eye and heart is not enough, neither is a good hand and eye.”
Head, heart, hands
“if your new software no longer runs on old hardware, it is worse than the old software.”
Alexis Ong • These artists are making tiny ROMs that will probably outlive us all
He who jumps into the void owes no explanation to those who stand and watch.
– Jean-Luc Godard
Something is deeply wrong when we sext the same way we order a sandwich.
Catherine Shannon • Your Phone Is Why You Don't Feel Sexy
This is intelligence. Not in the IQ sense, but in the "I know what matters" sense. In the "I know who I am without the algorithm telling me" sense.
Trend is not inherently bad. But when you build your identity around it, you become a vessel for the algorithm—not a creator of your own world.