Emily Brooks
@gingeralert
Emily Brooks
One of the saddest things to me is the cultural decay cycle in our new age of virality.
Sub-cultures that took years to form through meaning are essentially destroyed within days or weeks.
If you think about it, a niche culture builds their own language, symbols, aesthetics or rituals to... See more
Tobias van Schneiderx.comWhat we currently know as productivity is high‐end slavery. I want you to imagine a task master disguised in sleek planners and hour‐by‐hour checklists. In short, modern day productivity was never really about human flourishing. It was about the power of capital to convert human time into surplus, and to turn ceaseless motion into profit. And that... See more
Newsflash: You Are Not a Machine.
Yeah, it was my essay on deleting my second brain and moving away from knowledge management systems. It hit a nerve for people because a lot of folks feel like they’re failures just because they don’t have a perfect second brain knowledge management graph. That’s an awful way to feel about yourself—to feel like you’re getting your life wrong... See more
Sari Azout • I Don't Care if a Robot Wrote It. If It's Good, It's Good.
I think part of it is a deep existential fear of being replaced. For creatives—writers, designers, music producers—who have spent the last 30 years having their work devalued by a lot of folks in tech, this makes a lot of sense. People aren’t afraid of being replaced in a vacuum. They’re afraid of being replaced because a lot of folks in tech have... See more
Sari Azout • I Don't Care if a Robot Wrote It. If It's Good, It's Good.
A part of me will always be here. A part of me will always be 5, sitting in the backseat, eyes squeezed shut. I would purposely slump my neck, and if I really wanted to sell it, make a little snoring noise. All this, just so my dad would come and carry me inside the house. I knew full well if I was awake, he’d tell me that my legs worked just fine... See more
A part of me will always be here
on a feeling of home, being held by a parent and the safety it feels being carried in from the car.
If you are new in your career or have a smaller audience, you are in a good position to take creative chances. Less eyes on you gives you the freedom to test ideas without the pressure. As your status grows, so does the pressure to get it right.
The fear of failing can cripple creativity. If you relate to this, here are a few questions you can ask... See more
The fear of failing can cripple creativity. If you relate to this, here are a few questions you can ask... See more
Julie Fratantoni • Our obsession with efficiency is killing creativity
