Erikc Perez-Perez
@perez
Chicago photographer.
Erikc Perez-Perez
perezx.com
Every adult senses that their attention is slipping, that their thinking is flattening, that their world is flooded with noise, no neutrality, and that no institution really exists to protect them. Your brain is for sale, my guy - as your attention goes, so does your cognition, so does your sense of depth and certainty.
Confidence, optimism, and... See more
Confidence, optimism, and... See more
Everyone is Gambling and No One is Happy
Burnout is the slow suffocation of pretending.
You are not your job, you’re not how much money you have in the bank. You are not the car you drive. You’re not the contents of your wallet. You are not your fucking khakis.
—Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club)
Confidence is the memory of success.
Standing in front of all my stuff, it hit me that all of it used to be money, and all of that used to be time.
Sherry Ning • You're Overspending Because You Lack Values
In just under one generation, we moved from appreciating albums as cohesive works to consuming individual tracks, and then to music becoming reduced to muzak: background noise for gaming, viral videos, or endless scrolling. Disappearing is music as an art in its own right, which commands sustained attention and deep engagement. A song’s success is... See more
Default Friend • No, Culture is Not Stuck
I recently declared feed bankruptcy.
At various points in my week // day, I type "kottke.org" into my browser, hit enter, and read whatever is there. Then I type "chorus.fm" and do the same thing. Then Daring Fireball. Then Hacker News.
I read good things, on good websites.
And it feels like an exercise in nostalgia.
Between 2010 and now, we... See more
At various points in my week // day, I type "kottke.org" into my browser, hit enter, and read whatever is there. Then I type "chorus.fm" and do the same thing. Then Daring Fireball. Then Hacker News.
I read good things, on good websites.
And it feels like an exercise in nostalgia.
Between 2010 and now, we... See more
I Have Declared Feed Bankruptcy.
Novelist Charles Kingsley on happiness:
“We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.”
When Shohei Ohtani was a high school freshman, he created a detailed "dream sheet" with one central goal: to be the #1 draft pick for 8 NPB (Nippon Professional Baseball) teams.
It was a 64-cell roadmap based on a framework called the Harada Method.
Here's exactly what Shohei did... See more