J. Danielle
@jasminedanielle
strategist. writer. tinkerer. hobby hobbyist.
J. Danielle
lettersfromthebside.substack.com
love = consideration
Wilderness thus remains a “profoundly human creation” — charged with individualism — in which we perceive not “nature,” but “the reflection of our own unexamined longings and desires.”
Real Life • The Great Offline
Is There Any Escape from the Spotify Syndrome? - The New Yorker
Hua Hsu • Is There Any Escape from the Spotify Syndrome? — The New Yorker
Perfectly articulates what I’ve been unable to when asked why I am a Spotify hater and confirms my theory that it raises a passive listener.
Idk how I first learned about MYT but I wish I did so I could thank them. Every track is hits better than the one preceding it.
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okcool.ioIf the spaces we imagine to facilitate reconnection with the self also banish the factors that determine who we are — the wider cultural dimensions of the worlds we belong to — then we are condemned to either living falsely, or being alone. Both concepts collapse when one acknowledges that, no matter how far off-grid one travels, there is no place,... See more
Real Life • The Great Offline
From when I saw Jadé Fadojutimi’s exhibit last year. Her work, truly remarkable and evocative. Some critics say she doesn’t live up to the hype - I think they’re wrong. But what do I know?
Risk is expensive, and it does not figure into P&L. When the pressure is to show YoY growth on the quarterly basis, as is the case of the publicly traded companies, or when expectation is to deliver wild returns in case of PE-backed ones, no one wants to make anything remotely surprising or different. Prada is able to put forward fearless... See more
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The opposite of distraction is traction.
Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your life – Nir Eyal (via Ali Abdaal)