Molly Simpson
@spagmol
thinker, feeler, third-wheeler
collecting dots here, connecting them there ￬
Molly Simpson
spagmol.substack.com
Sometimes there are times in our lives of incredible intensity, of crazy love or change or unbelievable grief, and then also there are fallow years where little happens, years you barely notice in their passing. And I think maybe the book is not just about intensity but about the space around it too, like the space it leaves in its passing and the
... See moreBuilding a better future
Coachtopia was founded with a mission to help advance a circular fashion system, This is an ongoing journey for
us, in which we’re prioritizing progress over perfection.
Coachtopia was founded with a mission to help advance a circular fashion system, This is an ongoing journey for
us, in which we’re prioritizing progress over perfection.
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You can’t have revolution without evolution.
I think the frogs have something to teach us about living in the world today. There are risks and rewards to baring your soul to the jungle. Still, I worry about disappearing altogether. By keeping things too close, do I risk becoming invisible? If I show too much of myself, if I let the wrong light in, do I risk having my contours become... See more
Show Me Your Guts
Large quantities of something can transform the nature of those somethings. More is different. Computer scientist J. Storrs Hall writes: “If there is enough of something, it is possible, indeed not unusual, for it to have properties not exhibited at all in small, isolated examples.
Kevin Kelly • The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future
But if our hope is to create software with feeling, it means inviting people in to craft it for themselves — to mold it to the contours of their unique lives and taste.
The Browser Company • Optimizing For Feelings
The problem is, of course, that you cannot simply decide to care about something. If you do not care about something, your will cannot simply establish a caring relationship to that thing. It is rather a question of being open to possibilities of caring
Lars Svendsen • Being bored
But the best thing you’ve ever done for me is to help me take my life less seriously, cos it’s only life after all.
It’s only life after all.
(Closer to Fine, Indigo Girls)
On Bullshit
The document discusses the nature and prevalence of bullshit, distinguishing it from lying and exploring its connection to skepticism and the pursuit of personal sincerity.
www2.csudh.eduBeing curious is important to me. Not only because it is how I get ideas for essays. It feels to me like everyone has something unrepeatable to bring into the world. And we can manifest it by going in our direction of maximal interestingness.