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the messiness of what it means to be human, with all of its messiness and complexities
A conversation between Alex Dobrenko and Douglas Rushkoff on the spiritual nature of awe, rescuing the human from the machine, and why the future depe
We've fallen for the trap of thinking something doesn't exist if it isn't on the Internet. Maria Popova: "The internet is a surface level of the oce
A person spends years trying to become beautiful online. They finally achieve the exact face, body, lifestyle, and aesthetic they once fantasized abou
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
We built systems that prize speed above all else, and in doing so we lost the most fundamental lesson that nature teaches: speed of growth makes you f
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.
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.
The paradigm of acceleration fails to grasp the deeper human tension between action and contemplation. It’s a false binary, one that Benedict XVI (the
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
Brave ideas break through.
In producing media — writing, filming, editing, recording — we have a choice between producing content or chasing the singular. Frustration with the i
One reason Meta is eager to offer a whatever-you-need platform experience is that Instagram doesn’t want to be a dumping ground for cutdown clips anym
So what does this mean for social teams and creators? If you’re good at long content, IG wants to be your platform sooner rather than later.