Robin Good

Be willing to have your most fundamental beliefs challenged.

Better , be eager and question them yourself. For YouTuber Ordinary Things, “The real danger of modern times isn’t that we’ll fail to tell the fake world from the real one, but it’s that we’ll know the world is fake and choose to live in that one anyway because it’s comfortable.” How... See more

I am noticing how maxed out people’s mental bandwidth is these days- for every online creator the struggle is very real (subscription fatigue & co.)

Many of us still want to read, comment and engage, but there’s simply too much of everything all the time. And so we mentally “save” it all for “later” that never arrives.

But at the same time, the need... See more

While it’s probably one of the corniest things I’ll ever write in this column, I’ve come to believe that developing taste is not so unlike going to therapy; it’s an inefficient, time-consuming process that mostly entails looking inward and identifying whatever already moves you. It’s the product of devouring ideas, images and pieces of culture not... See more

“Everything we come into contact with has the potential to influence our taste. So the art of living well includes the art of feeding your input stream.” — Rick Rubin

There will always be creators. But the ones who stand out in this era are also curators. People who filter their worldview so cleanly that you want to see through their eyes. People who make you feel sharper just by paying attention to what they pay attention to.

Without effort, struggle, and time investment, achievements become meaningless.

The value isn't just in the outcome—it's in who you become through the process of pursuing it.

Seek people who love and give generously, who have the strength to suffer without causing damage. (Only strong people are safe people, the measure of strength being not the absence of vulnerability — and “weakness” is just a judgment term for vulnerability — but the ability to carry one’s vulnerability with such self-awareness and valor so as not... See more