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devyn
Stop editing your personality.
Say the thing. Wear the outfit.
Be too much on purpose. Laugh too loud. Take up the space you've been taught to shrink out of. Ask the question. Make the first move. Post the picture.
Refuse to be palatable. Refuse to be watered down. Stop waiting for permission to exist. Your life isn't meant to fit into someone else's
... See more“What should I do with my life?!?!” Here is what I wish I’d known every time I felt lost.
TOP TIP:
Don’t try to figure it out all on your own. That’s too hard. Instead, spend time with possibility-generating people & environments. Eg:
- A friend who’s always dreaming up wild ideas (ask them... See more
Tyler Altermanx.com“Whiteness is what allows for such oblivious neutrality: it is the premise of blankness, the presumption of the universal.” - Johanna Hevda, Sick Woman theory
cool girl is a lie
“Whiteness is what allows for such oblivious neutrality: it is the premise of blankness, the presumption of the universal.” - Johanna Hevda, Sick Woman theory
At a certain point we’re gonna have to build up some machinery, inside our guts, to help us deal with this. Because the technology is just gonna get better and better and better and better. And it’s gonna get easier and easier and more and more convenient, and more and more pleasurable, to be alone with images on a screen, given to us by by people
... See moreWe’re drowning in content.
Every platform, every scroll, every second—more inputs, more noise, mo
re things trying to hook your attention. The old metrics of intelligence—who memorized the most, who spoke the loudest, who finished the book first—don’t mean much here.
In an age where AI can generate anything, the question is no longer "can it be... See more
Every platform, every scroll, every second—more inputs, more noise, mo
re things trying to hook your attention. The old metrics of intelligence—who memorized the most, who spoke the loudest, who finished the book first—don’t mean much here.
In an age where AI can generate anything, the question is no longer "can it be... See more
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- What would business and marketing look like if they were intrinsically enjoyable for creative people?
- What would an online business look like if it contributed to maximal human flourishing, both for the creator and their customers?
- How can I maximize the amount of aliveness in everything I do in my business, marketing, and creativity?
- What's the
rob hardy • The Questions That Bring Me Alive
I don’t need more things to look at from people I don’t know.
Nick Catucci • My Internet: Alison Roman
Without the light from the moon, the night was so dark he could barely make out the trees until he was almost bumping into them.
Ruth Ozeki • The Book of Form and Emptiness: A Novel
Exploring the concept of 'genius,' contrasting the healthy self-doubt required for growth with the historical idea of 'having a genius.'
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Right. And I want to ask you something, because I remember reading, I can't remember who it was who said, after, you know, having their first big success, they felt really unhappy and they felt really worried that like, has the biggest success I've ever had in my life happened? Like, and who am I now? I think that that kind of doubt is healthy. It
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