philipp
@philipptemmel
Product Designer, Writer, Side-project enthusiast
philipp
philipptemmel.com
We accumulate more books and more materials to watch because the act of collecting is a reward in itself. It feels good - awesome, actually - to visit the library again, cuddle with big books, and take one more home. But how many more books on mindfulness do I need to realize that spending more time searching for resources on this topic won't make
... See moreIvaylo Durmonski • Farview #022
Begin with a good quote. Hide the attribution in the middle. End with a good quote.
Some teachers refer to this as the 2-3-1 tool of emphasis, where the most emphatic words or images go at the end, the next most emphatic at the beginning, and the least emphatic in the middle, but that's too much calculus for my brain. Here's my simplified version:
... See moreRoy Peter Clark • Writing Tools
Tippett:
What do you mean when you write that everyone is an artist?
O’Donohue:
I mean that everyone is involved, whether they like it or not, in the construction of their world. So it’s never as given as it actually looks; you’re always shaping it and building it. And I feel that from that perspective, that each of us is an artist.
What do you mean when you write that everyone is an artist?
O’Donohue:
I mean that everyone is involved, whether they like it or not, in the construction of their world. So it’s never as given as it actually looks; you’re always shaping it and building it. And I feel that from that perspective, that each of us is an artist.
John O'Donohue • John O’Donohue — The Inner Landscape of Beauty
How can I overlap the things I enjoy?
For example, maybe you want to exercise and spend time with your spouse. What type of exercise sounds fun to do with your spouse?
Or perhaps you'd like to hang out with friends and build your career. How can you find ways to work with people you like being around?
It doesn't always work, but there are usually a... See more
For example, maybe you want to exercise and spend time with your spouse. What type of exercise sounds fun to do with your spouse?
Or perhaps you'd like to hang out with friends and build your career. How can you find ways to work with people you like being around?
It doesn't always work, but there are usually a... See more
3-2-1: On the shortness of life, what mastery requires, and how to overlap the things you love
🧶✏️👩🏽💻 The internet’s hidden creative renaissance (and how to find it)
Alexandra Ciufudeannewpublic.substack.com
Memorizing facts is becoming less important than knowing how to ask the right questions and evaluate AI-generated responses. Yet this same technology that can accelerate learning also risks creating dependency if we don’t learn to leverage it strategically.
Anne-Laure Le Cunff • Learning How to Learn
Attention is a finite resource, and how we choose to spend our attention online is, in some ways, a direct reflection of where human culture has gone in an era where access to information is basically unlimited. We are very much in our teenage years—that is, we suddenly have all these new capabilities and it’s really easy to just run wild. But... See more
Laurel Schwulst • Charles Broskoski on self-discovery that happens upon revisiting things you’ve accumulated over time
How A.I. and Social Media Contribute to ‘Brain Rot’
nytimes.com
