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the messiness of what it means to be human, with all of its messiness and complexities
A person spends years trying to become beautiful online. They finally achieve the exact face, body, lifestyle, and aesthetic they once fantasized abou
Co-Star’s co-founder Banu Guler says in an interview, “The crux of feeling like a human is being able to talk about your reality.”
There’s an old Irish saying that the only way to keep a secret between three people is to kill two of them
Designing a product, work etc. by thinking about the emotions we want to elicit in the users.
There are brilliant examples all over the place of people tweaking time subjectively. One of my favorites is the Uber map. It doesn’t change how long
I want them to take away from the book the same thing they would take from the concert. I want them to think, well, I feel better now. I feel upli
There's a feeling you get in the presence of beautiful buildings and bustling courtyards.
the art of waiting
All human wisdom is contained in these two words: ‘wait’ and ‘hope’!”
don’t live each day like it’s your last. live like you’ll make it to 100. think in centuries.
We’ve replaced time in the field with time on our phones. What we now call experience is the weighted average of our own and the residue of what other
Content and projects that inspire the creation of technology that treats attention and intention as sacred, protects well-being, and builds our collective capacity to address humanity’s most urgent challenges
Dreamer – your home for personal intelligence // flurries of latent creativity
calmness is a superpower and why we need to slow the fuck down.
I didn’t feel comfortable inside the endlessness of it. I am the kind of writer who believes in taking the time I need to come up with something worth
“Life is always winking at us, calling our attention to the beauty hidden in plain sight. Why do we so often miss what’s right in front of us, lost in
The writer Ted Chiang was once asked in an interview if he ever considered publishing more frequently. Chiang, one of the greatest living fiction writ
exploring the inner workings and dynamics of companies building products engineered to hook us, addict us, and hijack our attention to sell more ad inventory
Communities require tending: moderation, strategy, rituals, leaders, onboarding and programming, and conflict resolution.
For creators whose work depends on relationships — if your audience learns together, solves problems together, shares an identity, or wants to meet on
Fast fashion and mall brands used to look to the runways for inspiration. Now, much of their output has been slopified by back-end data and internet s
In an 1835 parliamentary motion, Ewart argued that, to compete with France, Britain needed to find “the best means of extending a knowledge of the Fin