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The Machines Are Fine. I'm Worried About Us.

Commonplace

“No one is finally dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away,”

Cultural theorist and writer Mark Fisher remarked in a 2014 lecture that, “Smartphones shouldn’t be thought of as objects which we have, but as portal

When you step into the Moat of Low Status, you also step away from the grinding of normalcy. On your first day of dance class, you don’t know how to m

Which, ultimately, might be the point. As I wrote last year in defense of starting a “bad” business: “I’m not interested in empire or wealth, I’m inte

I’m trying to lean into my own capability, you see, and I think you should lean into your capability too. Whether they’re mandatory or elective, most

The Beautiful Dissociation of the Japanese Language

I was young, naive, and plagued by impostor syndrome. I held back instead of exploring more, engaging more deeply, and seeking out more challenges. I

When you step into the Moat of Low Status, you also step away from the grinding of normalcy. On your first day of dance class, you don’t know how to m

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Dreamsongs

Now thinking about creating a movement to promote "hobbit software". Pretty chill, keeps to itself, tends to its databases, hangs out with other hobbi

Repair and remain. Work with what you’ve got. Sit still for a moment, take stock, make some changes.

What I found though is that making myself understandable all the time diluted the joy that lies instead in specificity — in concisely crafting a life

I was young, naive, and plagued by impostor syndrome. I held back instead of exploring more, engaging more deeply, and seeking out more challenges. I

Willingness to look stupid

Instead, Professor Kahneman favored an alternative that he termed “adversarial collaboration.” When people who disagree work together to test a hypoth