Varsha Gupta

Your goal should be to look smart at the end of your journey, you don’t have to look smart at every step of your journey

Cameron, you’ve said that when you’re not feeling particularly creative, you listen to a song, or watch a movie, or read a book, and before long you get “the urge to respond.” We typically hear the creative act described as, you know, there’s a void, and a flash of lighting cracks through it. But I really like that idea of response as intrinsic to... See more

And it’s really easy to miss this point. It’s easy to always think “I can do this tomorrow” or “this is not a priority” or “this would never work”. And it’s hard, because sometimes those thoughts are correct. But I find that, unless I put in active effort, I’m the kind of person who’ll always have those thoughts. I’ll never actually act upon my... See more

The single most important trait for life: https://t.co/7noC5yR4xV

Gravitas: “I care, and it’s important.” Sermons, manifestos.

Self-deprecation: “I care, but it’s not important.” Hobbies, fandoms, being nerdsniped, “merely” personal wishes.

Irreverence: “It’s important, but I don’t care.” Edgy jokes, shitposts, grifts, procrastination.

Disdain: “It’s not important and I don’t care.” Actual indifference/silence;... See more

The end of the world used to be quite seductive to her,

until she considered that the obsession with the apocalypse is actually a longing that those who are dissatisfied with the world have for something different.

10 takeaways about product "delight" https://t.co/zLJXV23EAo

Because the question isn’t just What are you watching, reading, listening to?

It’s Who is it turning you into?