Andreas Vlach
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Andreas Vlach
I think we were meant to live slower than this. to take afternoon walks. to watch things grow. to fall asleep reading. to be bad at things and still do them. we weren’t designed for constant achievement. we were meant for the ordinary. the parts you never talk about but would miss the most.
Dr. Dominic Ngsubstack.com
the self is no longer a subject but a project . The self is something to be optimised, to be maximised, to be made efficient, cultivated for its capacity for productive output. The worry is that all life activities become viewed as lines on a résumé. Knowingly or otherwise, we risk being constantly governed by the question How is what I’m doing
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Our Times and
ADHD prefrontal cortex shows 25% less activity during task switching.
Translation: Every "quick question" someone asks costs you 23 minutes of recovery time.
That helpful interruption?
Destroyed your afternoon.
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Jan De Keselsubstack.comThe greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize.
— Robert Hughes, 1996
— Robert Hughes, 1996
Dylan O'Sullivan • Tweet
We 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
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