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"When everything is readily available and consumable, contemplative attention is impossible." (Byung-Chal Han, Vita Contemplativa)

If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.

on Get Out

what’s the vibe at the end of the world?

seeking a vibe for the end of the world.

status: #Project #Draft 
type: #Video

the world is ending.

then again, the world has been ending for a very long time.

if you want to be philosophical about it, the world has been ending from the moment the dictionary/Anthropocene began. another way to look at it, the

Kurt Vonnegut, talking about when he tells his wife he’s going out to buy an envelope:

“Oh, she says well, you’re not a poor man. You know, why don’t you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet? And so I pretend not to hear her. And go out to get an envelope because I’m going to have a hell of a good time in the process of

The job boils down to two things: paying attention to how the real people around you behave and then telling the truth about what you see.

notes/on notetaking, notemaking and research

> status: #notes #livedoc

book/ "How to Take Smart Notes. One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking"

be open in research

- confirmation bias harms more than helps  

- when researching aim for \*any relevant\* info, indiscriminately

- especially if the source opposes your main argument or

***seeking a vibe at the end of the world***

i wanted to start this by saying that “i’ve been thinking about the end of the world lately” but it's hard to make that sound not… dramatic. pretentious. but it is true (though not the ‘lately’ bit). i've been here a long time. not so much thinking about the fact of the world ending, but the period