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There is no upside to a fear of failure.

If your intention is to ‘make art’, then maybe you’ll get a couple of good paintings. You may even get a show or two.

But I think of it this way: I don’t make art. I make things . Framing it like that keeps what I’m doing from becoming precious. And that’s a good thing, because to be precious is to be... See more

I’ve often found that lack of motivation is a symptom of some other problem. Often the direction you think you need to motivate yourself toward isn’t the right direction, or sometimes there is a lot of FUD that’s blocking natural motivation from shining through. We’re inherently curious and excited creatures, so if you can find a way or area where... See more

I leave those piles there: it's both a symbolic and a practical reminder that this work is fraught with mistakes and errors. It's also a reminder that painting, and all art, is a lie.

There’s a reason the first letters of the word ‘artificial’ are ‘art’. Human beings crave deception—we need to see each other’s narratives. We make art so that we have... See more

Modern humans in the developed world have access to insane quantities of calories. Too bad that evolution is still scared of us starving to death so we store the calories as fat. I think over evolutionary time, our brains could do some unbelievable things using all those calories.

plushpuffin on Aug 4, 2022 | parent | next [–]

In Alastair Reynold's h... See more

Rand is also heavily funded(more than half) by the US military and NSA, DHS, as well as defense contractors for the US military. alongside other think tanks such as Center for a New American Security (CNAS), Atlantic Council, New America Foundation, German Marshall Fund of the United States, CSIS, Council on Foreign Relations, Brookings... See more

Psychopharmacology, Modafinil is a slow acting long lasting weak dopamine reuptake inhibitor, so it’s non addictive and you can try it and see how it affects you as a diagnostic and if it works you take it as a treatment. There are other meds like Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) which are also quite safe and can help a lot with dopamine dysregulation.

Ano... See more

try listening to instrumental music on stream, preferable stuff you haven't heard before. this has shown to be the least distracting form of music. you may also find some other types of noise useful instead if you find the patterns of music too distracting.

I spent a period of time where my goal was to plow through work in the cheapest and most disposable way possible. My choice was cardboard—sheets of corrugated cardboard from the streets of Manhattan.

I’d haul it up to my studio in big bundles every day, and put it all over the walls, the floor—even on the ceiling—and make imagery on it. At the end... See more