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“So much of the loneliness we’re experiencing is the result of multiple social scaffoldings collapsing into each other at the same time; a single start-up alone won’t really fix friendship for us, just as retail therapy won’t really fix our depression. Instead, maybe we fix the scaffolding problem with a scaffolding solution. Many behaviors and man
... See moreThe antidote to burnout and the existential inquiry it brings seems to be doing things that don’t scale in pursuit of things that can’t scale. It becomes exciting not to see what you can do without limits, but to see what you can do with them.
Anu Atluru • Pursuits That Can’t Scale
going slow and
look at how the word “ community ” itself has been warped in recent years into a cynical marketing cliché to rival “storyteller” — annexed as the torched rhetorical territory of people who live to “move product” above all else.
The co-opting of “community” into a sales strategy is insidious, not only because it reduces likeminded groups of people t... See more
The co-opting of “community” into a sales strategy is insidious, not only because it reduces likeminded groups of people t... See more
You are not a commercial for yourself
I think ownership is overrated - there is a certain kind of person who sees something and whose first reaction is "i want to own it", ownership as a means to accrue value leads to a community of vultures; instead of ownership, we should think about "contribution" as the primitive
ruby justice thelot • Tweet
I am not proposing a return to the Stone Age. My intent is not reactionary, nor even conservative, but simply subversive. It seems that the utopian imagination is trapped, like capitalism and industrialism and the human population, in a one-way future consisting only of growth. All I'm trying to do is figure out how to put a pig on the tracks. — Ur... See more
Kate Tyson (Strathmann) • About - Thoughtful as Moss
It’s almost like boredom doesn’t exist, like difficulty doesn’t exist, scarcity doesn’t exist. And a feeling I’ve been having a lot lately is that scarcity is often what creates meaning. When you’re surrounded by infinite possibilities, when you know around the next corner is another video that might be funnier, you’re never going to sit with the t
... See moreWhat I’m proposing asks you to give up the possibility of earning more than you are owed, to instead find satisfaction in reaping exactly what you’ve sown.
To treat the business as an ongoing, regenerative space of offering value and support. To receive returns based on your labor, your contributions, and to center collective success over individua... See more
To treat the business as an ongoing, regenerative space of offering value and support. To receive returns based on your labor, your contributions, and to center collective success over individua... See more
Kate Tyson (Strathmann) • A Proposal for Partnership Profit
Do something that won’t compute. Following this maxim may mean I will soon become obsolete, outpaced by those who calculate their utils and control their time and carefully calibrate their existence. But I’ve grown contented with that fate. I wish to live and die as I am: wholly, honestly, and messily; constantly awed by life’s imperfection; wastin... See more
Ashley Zhang • Do Something That Won’t Compute
“you need to be main character-maxing. you need to live your heart out and pour love in everyone's cup. live in your delusion of how amazing the world is and be deeply touched by it. you need to be extremely alive and resurrect everyone within the perimeters of your attention.... See more
you need to believe you're living in a movie and will succeed in ways you