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The rise of micro-communities as cultural sanctuaries is remarkable. 𪊠As Boiler Room's research reveals, 65% of young people believe true self-expression emerges through authentic community rather than individual performance. This contradicts the prevailing narrative of a narcissistic youth culture obsessed with personal branding. đď¸ I witnessed... See more
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Weirdness is eroticismâs essence. To be weird is to be creative, taboo, present, complex, intimate, fully alive, expanding in places of contraction, in a state of being created, novel, individuating, vital, authentic, subversive, unique, unbridled, magnetic and therefore repelling. Iconic. The people you most admire are likely those who stayed... See more
Nairy Fstukh ⢠your weirdness is erotic sovereignty
Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia, Revised and Expanded: How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings
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The future of the internet that most excites me is also, in many ways, a snapshot of its past. Itâs a place where the Neil Gaimans of the world donât need to feed their thoughts into an engagement engine, but can instead put out a virtual shingle on their own small patch of cyberspace and attract and build a more intimate community of like-minded... See more
Brad Borland ⢠Neil Gaiman's Radical Vision for the Future of the Internet - Cal Newport
Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings, Revised and Expanded
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This is a calling for you to follow your weird and your knowing. Your imagination is revolutionary. Pluto is a planet of transformation, the underworld, a dismantling. Pluto is not afraid. Aquarius knows that power exists in our hearts and that power is love for the collective. We can take care of us. In the words of journalist Hunter S. Thompson,... See more
Follow Your Weird & Your Knowing
Large parasocial platforms transformed the internet into a hostile and impersonal place. They feed our FOMO to keep us clicking. They exaggerate our differences for "engagement". They create engines for stardom to keep us creeping. They bait us into nutritionless and sensationalist content. Humanity cannot subsist on hype alone.
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âMy deepest insecurity is that I have these intuitions about things that I cannot explain to anyone,â Kushner told Rubin as they sat in his garden overlooking the ocean. âSometimes I see or experience something and it makes sense to me, I fall in love, but I cannot explain why. Like when Thrive invested in Instagram or Spotify or OpenAI. I could... See more