Molly Simpson
@spagmol
thinker, feeler, third-wheeler
collecting dots here, connecting them there ￬
Molly Simpson
spagmol.substack.com
Chief Storytelling Officer (Chief Storyteller)
... See moreA myth is a patch of soil where we can plant the best practices of a community: how to relate to each other and to our shared ecosystem. The type of mythmaking we are called to do now is probably somewhere closer to composting. We live in a culture that is remarkably good at abstracting itself from waste and off-loading it onto the marginalized
Sophie Strand
What are technology platforms?
A technology platform is a foundational technology that can be applied across multiple product lines and industries
A technology platform is a foundational technology that can be applied across multiple product lines and industries
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There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
— Albert Einstein
A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
When I first read it, I thought only a lover could use the word ‘soul’ and get away with it. But it can’t be right that I need a lover so that I can speak of having a soul. That doesn’t do justice to the role platonic love plays in my life, its endless occasions for consideration of the soul. And it does not recognise the way art enables deep
... See moreAmy Key • Arrangements in Blue: Notes on Love and Making a Life
Q: What is the last thing that makes us human?
A: We feel. We just feel things, and our job in this world is to feel. The fact that we have a body, and that body has sensations, means something. We’ve reduced ourselves and our minds to intelligence, but that is a disservice to our full humanity.
Paraphrased from Not Boring Radio (Hyperlegible 011):
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