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What is it We're Looking For?
A couple of years ago, I fell completely and totally in love with tennis. Not playing it (yet), but watching it. For years I'd wanted to get into tennis because so many of my friends loved it, but – this is not a joke – every year at the end
Beyond the Valley of the Douchebags
At the end of 2023, a friend of mine texted to ask me, "Do you like biographies? I just read the most incredible biography of J. Edgar Hoover." It says a lot about our friendship that I didn't immediately laugh at this confession, because that hasn&
Ungamify Your Brain
As I mentioned in last week's post, I started noodling around on the topic of "ungamifying" my brain. At the time, it felt kind of dumb and boring. I worried that I was just repeating what other people were saying. But over the week I thought
Some Thoughts on Shouting Into the Void
It's been exactly one month since I moved off Substack. I really wanted to write about that today, but I wrote 1700 words that felt disjointed, so I hit pause. Then I tried instead to write about de-gamifying our brains, but honestly, that idea was so boring and
Friction is Necessary Resistance
This will likely come as no surprise, but I love a good theory. Scientific theory, philosophical theory, art theory, literary theory: You name it and I'm probably interested in learning about it. I might not agree with it, I might think it's wrong, but I will
We Don't Need No Innovation
About a year ago, I gave in and bought an Apple Watch. If I'm honest, I'm not really sure what I "gave in" to, because I never really wanted an Apple Watch. What I wanted was to be happier. Specifically, I was looking for
The Presentation of the Selfie in Everyday Strife
The other day, I was catching up some newsletters I subscribe to and perusing the comments. On one newsletter, ostensibly about some very expensive pants but really about the way we engage with trends, I saw a very intense comment from an influencer who seemed to take serious offense to
Technology is Not the Answer
Have you ever had a dream in which you are in absolute danger, and you open your mouth to scream but nothing comes out? Or a dream in which you can hear yourself screaming but everyone around you seems completely unfazed and unaware, as if you were invisible and inaudible?
