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People who read widely and attentively—and then publish the results of their reading—are also arguably performing research as a leisure activity. Maria Popova, who started writing a blog in 2006—now called The Marginalian —which collects her reading across literature, philosophy, psychology, the sciences. Her blog feels like leisurely research, to ... See more

Celine Nguyen • research as leisure activity

blur. It was hard for her to keep track of which interests she had faked around which people, and which personality she’d adopted to win over each teacher. She began to burn out, so her cognitive and social functioning declined even more.[2]

Devon Price • Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity

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.@jesslivingston’s blog post “The Sound of Silence” (2017) perfectly summarizes my frustrations and feelings towards social media. At some point, you realize there might be diminishing returns to being public which is an unfortunate reality. https://foundersatwork.posthaven.com/the-sound-of-silence... See more

Blake Robbins

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The most impressive people don’t spend their lives on social media or managing their publicity.

Collab Fund • A Few Little Ideas

Shyness is the most modest, kind and unfortunate way of insisting on the specialness of one’s particular province. At the heart of the shy person’s self-doubt is a certainty that they must be boring. But, in reality, no one is ever truly boring. We are only in danger of coming across as such when we don’t dare (or know how) to communicate our deepe

Alain De Botton • The School of Life: An Emotional Education

the more people were connected on social media, the lonelier society became.

Matt Haig • The Midnight Library: The No.1 Sunday Times bestseller and worldwide phenomenon

Anti-Social Age

Notes on Derek Thompson's Essay for The Atlantic

Camilo Moreno-Salamanca • 31 cards

I am most productive when I am completely alone. Nobody is around.

Total solitude and to me I feel that if there is one person anywhere else in the room, I feel like it drains my energy a bit. I think that is kind of the introvert way.

It is interesting living this nomadic entrepreneurial life leaving some people needed to be in a busy café even wi

Your Own Way Out documentary | Derek Sivers

There are aspects of ourselves that are easy to love and these are the ones that society glorifies. If you are a natural leader, go-getter, eloquent, you probably already like those parts of yourself because you were praised for them time and again. But if you are sensitive, intensive, flaky, crazy compassionate, slow to adapt, you’ve probably alre