Leo Guinan

performative displays of expertise

probably too much tbh

Coaching, I found, was essentially a portrait session without a camera.

a community is more than just a group of like-minded people. it requires a shared emotional energy.

This illustrates the earlier point about attention: if a stimulant greatly enhances focus on a particular activity to the exclusion of clock-watching, the person might underestimate time (time seems to fly) despite the physiological tendency of the drug to speed the clock

But even if I had a word like it, the nerd never disturbed

It's absurd but I'm looking 'round and ain't nobody verse me

I don't think a mothafucka's ever tried to hurt me

Everyone I see has been supportive on this journey

Like where my haters at? I'm thirsty (Uh)

I just really wanna talk my shit, be like, "Y'all ain't shit"

But y'all ain't shit, like,... See more

We may live in an age of abundance, but with our sense of self tied to the proprietorship of rivalrous assets, scarcity will need to exist. Even if we must code it ourselves.