Will

Every adult senses that their attention is slipping, that their thinking is flattening, that their world is flooded with noise, no neutrality, and that no institution really exists to protect them. Your brain is for sale, my guy - as your attention goes, so does your cognition, so does your sense of depth and certainty.

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So here are my new rules:

• Keep it simple, make it fun.


• Start before you're ready.


• Done is better than perfect.


• Run it as a 30- or 90-day experiment. Get feedback. See what works, and what doesn't.


• If you want to, do it again. Only better.

As you experiment, keep checking in, and asking questions:

• Is this working?


• Am I enjoying it?


• Is it helping or

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it speaks to the enduring value of the written word for social movements: experiences of past struggles, positive as much as negative, need to be passed on to coming generations, or they will have to start from scratch. In the age of social media, books become not less but more important in this regard. Countering the evanescence of an update or... See more