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i sent this screenshot from a steve jobs email to a friend & we ended up talking about how so many people plan so aggressively now that they leave no space for natural chaos.
you ask someone when they’re free & they hit you with “september 15th.” months out. especially in nyc, this is just…normal.
one of the most fascinating parts of modern life ... See more
events IRL and
“You can’t plan to meet the people who will change your life”
This led to a broader discussion about artistic evolution and audience expectations. I referenced a Zadie Smith quote about how "We want our artists to remain as they were when we first loved them. But our artists want to move." The worst thing, Smith argues, is for an artist to exist as "a feature of someone else's epiphany."
The Wisdom of Dogs, Kids & Fairy Bread with Liana Finck
Impatience is an expensive emotion.
Every app wants your decision in seconds. Every employer wants results this quarter. Every investment platform profits when you trade. Meanwhile, the boring investor who indexed and touched nothing decades ago owns your neighborhood. Who's winning?
The patient inherit everything the impatient leave behind.
Every app wants your decision in seconds. Every employer wants results this quarter. Every investment platform profits when you trade. Meanwhile, the boring investor who indexed and touched nothing decades ago owns your neighborhood. Who's winning?
The patient inherit everything the impatient leave behind.
We can’t address the decline in empathy without addressing the decline in attention. Empathy requires a degree of sustained focus:
Paying attention to an experience someone is sharing
Recalling experiencing a similar emotional response
Sitting with your own and the other person’s inner state
When we are fragmented and distracted, we simply can... See more
Dr. Samaiya Mushtaqsubstack.compeople think they want choices. but they prefer good defaults.
when physical labor became optional we invented the gym. we’ll need the same thing for the mind
runaway_volx.comThe world is built by those who can think, but it is ran by those who can articulate.
storytelling and
