1227 || how to make friends (if you're awkward)

1227 || how to make friends (if you're awkwar...

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1746 || the efficiency trap

“Modern industries thrive on offering convenience, eliminating “pain points” or “friction” from daily life. Uber, Apple Pay, and food delivery services smooth out mundane chores. However, this smoothness is a dubious virtue." When convenience drains an activity of its meaning, it ...  Show more

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1745 || “how chill can I be while I do this?"

“You pity the moth for confusing a lamp for the moon but here you are confusing a screen for the world.” - JAY ALTO “The really important kind of freedom involves attention, and awareness, and discipline, and effort, and being able truly to care about other people and to sacrific ...  Show more

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