Francesco
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Francesco
One of the big losses I see in the vibe shift is the opportunity for writers to loose themselves from the chains of personality and just write interesting things.
Pen & paper and Damn
Perfectly elaborates why I always, and especially now, felt icly about Substack and writing on there. It’s like I never fit in, because I wanted to be my whole sense and write about whatever the heck stuck in my mind that week and instead I’ve been forced to follow some sort of marketable thread that is obviously more beneficial to the system it is for myself
More and more often, I find myself thinking about how my life would be generally more positive without the internet’s presence. This hopefulness is always immediately followed by anxiety that I won’t have access to the internet’s wealth of self-optimization knowledge. How could I give up this shrieking mass of ways to improve myself? The
... See moredeep privilege of belonging, and the way belonging affects us, shapes us and breaks our heart at a fundamental level.
David Whyte • Courage
Some things take time. Some things take years before you see how it comes together. But the more you can remember the wholeness of it all, the more you will find that despite your unknowing, the grass, the trees, and the creatures throughout this vast landscape are still growing, and somehow, through it all, it all works together, and you too, are... See more
Damn and Pen & paper
One of the hardest and loneliest battles you’ll have to fight as you work to build the life you want is maintaining unwavering self belief that you will make it despite having *nothing* to show for it over a 2-3 year period before you see “overnight” success. You’ll feel like an imposter telling others what you’re building and who you believe... See more
Bx.com
Digital devices discretely hijack our attention. To the extent that you cannot perceive the world around you in its fullness, to the same extent you will fall back into mindless, repetitive, self-reinforcing behavior, unable to escape.
Richard E. Cytowic • Your Brain on Screens - The American Interest
Cruel optimism, social media and big tech
This is such a huge topic that’s so difficul to summarise in a few words so when I saw this, it was like, wow, that’s it. That’s the problem!