A reminder that The Metaverse failed because nobody wants to strap a toaster to their face to attend a virtual meeting that could have been a Slack message that could have been an email that should have been a 60 second phone call.

You can’t logic your way out of a mood disorder, but you can absolutely logic yourself deeper into one.

Modernity is a conspiracy to replace 'thick' desires (community, craft, transcendence) with 'thin' desires (likes, sugar, dopamine). Revolt by doing something slow. Bake bread. Write a letter. Code a tool for just one person.

Your 'network' is a list of people who want something from you. Your 'community' is a list of people who will help you move a couch. Optimize for couch-movers.

If it surprises you, it’s information. If it confirms your bias, it’s entertainment. If it makes you hate your neighbor, it’s a weapon.

We accept that crops grow and then get harvested and then the field lies fallow. We accept that animals hibernate. But when it comes to our own sense of meaning, we expect constant summer...

Westenberg.

The Harvest Will Come

I spent most of my twenties believing that purpose was something you found once and then held onto. A winning lottery ticket you kept in your wall...

"Follow Your Passion" is terrible career advice. It assumes happiness is a fossil in your soul waiting to be dug up. "Love What You Do" is 10x better. It recognizes passion is built, not found, in the reality of your work.

I am once again asking for a separate internet for people who understand what 'median' means

Free will is an illusion, which is very convenient because it means this bag of Doritos was inevitable