Andreas Vlach
@vlach
Andreas Vlach
God cannot alter the past, though historians can.
Samuel Butler
Samuel Butler
My house plants became healthier and died less often once I stopped tracking their watering, stopped trying to use moisture meters or other tools, and learned to pick up on their vibes instead.
Many such cases.
Nat Eliasonx.comSome note-taking software will now show you a subset of your notes at regular intervals to help you jog your memory; a third-party plug-in for this is now available for Roam. To my mind, though, this needs a first-party solution: Roam should show me old concepts, ideas, and even people and places when I open it each day, and encourage me to do more... See more
Casey Newton • Notes on a year using Roam Research
In the end all that matters is:
How much joy did you have during your time here on earth?
Optimize towards that.
RICK URBANSKItwitter.comWe are like books. Most people only see our cover, the minority read only the introduction, many people believe the critics. Only few will know our content.
— Emile Zola
Friendsubstack.comThe problem is, as achievement-subjects, not only do we burn ourselves out, but the meaning and value of our lives is always deferred. Once we have our dream job, the perfect home, a perfectly optimised life – once we are productive enough, efficient enough, successful enough – only then will we arrive at meaning. But just like the fruit that elud
... See moreAlec Stubbs • The Achievement Society Is Burning Us Out, We Need More Play
But a shift has happened nonetheless: the Internet used to reflect our real-world lives and the physical world. Increasingly, our real lives and physical worlds are just a reflection of our digital ones.