jenna

We measure length not depth, span not profundity. We want ever more summers rather than summers we know how to notice.

The fastest growing sector of the culture economy is distraction . Or call it scrolling or swiping or wasting time or whatever you want. But it’s not art or entertainment, just ceaseless activity.

The key is that each stimulus only lasts a few seconds, and must be repeated.

"The economy is just smart people paying beautiful people to promote stuff to insecure people." — @ShaanVP

Your personal experiences make up maybe 0.00000001% of what’s happened in the world but maybe 80% of how you think the world works.

James Dyson on solving problems:

“You are just as likely to solve a problem by being unconventional and determined as by being brilliant.”

“Basically, when you get to my age, you’ll really measure your success in life by how many of the people you want to have love you actually do love you. I know people who have a lot of money, and they get testimonial dinners and they get hospital wings named after them. But the truth is that nobody in the world loves them. If you get to my age in... See more