Francesco
@fran
Francesco
@fran
Anthony Newman [Source]
A brilliant quote (of a quote) from Break free from the Internet (newsletter) that made me think of a response to an argument a friend made recently about how users should take more ownership over how they use social media — as if that’s how you combat the tyrants of Silicon Valley, and not the other way around.
Yes, yes yes! Why is that we have to overburden ourselves with things to read later (be it books, articles, newsletters and stuff)? Is it all because of FOMO? Is it because we hope knowledge will save us - so the more we plan to absorb the better?
I have a full life. A privileged life. An unendangered life. But sometimes the simple joys escape me. Joy is not always a feeling that is freely bestowed upon us, often it is something we must actively seek. In a way, joy is a decision, an action, even a practised method of being. It is an earned thing brought into focus by what we have lost — at... See more
I struggle to let joy overwhelm me, rather than fear and self doubts and despair
Unfortunately stating the obvious, but finally
“Forget the books you want to write. Think only of the book you are writing”
People want you to make their life easier, not to add work to their plate
very simple lightbox alternative