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My product won’t write sentences for you. The slow process of writing is what clarifies thought, shapes identity, and cultivates a lens to the world. Writing is the whole point; it isn’t a chore to optimize, it’s an infinite game.
Michael Dean • Mega-Update
Ingredients:
6 large server farm raised eggs
2-3 dime sized chunks off the front passenger side tire of a 2016 Nissan Xterra
3 strands hair from a mannequin of a small, local museum, dishwater blonde or gray blonde only — mannequin’s expression must be somber/wistful — no smiles, no consternation, etc..
0.5 oz rust shaved from a significantly old... See more
6 large server farm raised eggs
2-3 dime sized chunks off the front passenger side tire of a 2016 Nissan Xterra
3 strands hair from a mannequin of a small, local museum, dishwater blonde or gray blonde only — mannequin’s expression must be somber/wistful — no smiles, no consternation, etc..
0.5 oz rust shaved from a significantly old... See more
358 — This week on Cargo
358 Cargo Newsletter
When I have a piece of writing in mind, what I have, in fact, is a mental bucket: an attractor for and generator of thought. It’s like a thematic gravity well, a magnet for what would otherwise be a mess of iron filings. I’ll read books differently and listen differently in conversations. In particular I’ll remember everything better; everything... See more
James Somers • More People Should Write
many people “do not want to think critically about the things they consume” and feel that “if they absorb any criticism about the things they consume it will magically ruin their enjoyment of them.” When we chatted about the role of criticism on a (fun, lightly gossipy) video call this month, she added that saying a piece of art is bad isn’t saying... See more
“I picked a bad time to become a critic” – Elizabeth Goodspeed on the collapse of design critique
Creative excellence is ineffable. When you see something that resonates, you’ll know — it will hold a mysterious, irrational power over you. That's as close to a definition as I can get: Something that moves me. It can come from anywhere; a weird combination of words, a stupid joke, the bright sound of a French horn, the way a piece of wood
... See morewe’ve turned everything in life into a giant popularity contest–everything you say, everything you experience, everything you see, and even everything you feel–is a product of a giant worldwide counter of likes and follows. It’s a planet-wide exercise in objective convergence, a giant narcissism amplifier that cynically assumes that competing for... See more
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The Big Rock Candy Mountain seeks to aid in the acquisition of this knowledge: not by molding the learner into a pre-established pattern, but by providing resources to help him quench his thirst; not by teaching meaningless stockpiling leading to a dissatisfied life, but by encouraging growth in the present leading toward a joyous old age; not by
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