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NOTABLESelection is where taste livesIf everything is urgent, nothing is chosen. Selection is where the taste lives.Add contextThe Economist ↗Connections (11) · Comments (2) · Saves & Shares (298)
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QUOTABLESlow systemsThe problem with fast takes is not that they’re wrong. It’s that they make slow systems look like opinions.Add contextLondon Review of Books ↗Connections (3) · Comments (2) · Saves & Shares (253)
NOTABLEInfinite scroll and the end of stoppingA feed is a promise that you never have to decide you’re done. The cost is that you stop learning the shape of your own attention.Add contextThe New Yorker ↗Connections (5) · Comments (10) · Saves & Shares (906)
QUOTABLENotes on readingReading well is less about speed than about refusal. You refuse to let the sentence slide past without leaving something behind.Add contextAeon ↗Connections (4) · Comments (9) · Saves & Shares (606)
NOTABLEOn noticingA good interface is a little like a good paragraph: it gives you a place to stand. It doesn’t ask you to applaud it.Add contextLondon Review of Books ↗Connections (3) · Comments (8) · Saves & Shares (323)
QUOTABLECompounding is a design choiceCompounding doesn’t happen because something is “viral.” It happens because the next step is easier than the last.Add contextThe Economist ↗Connections (2) · Comments (7) · Saves & Shares (790)
QUOTABLEAttention is a budgetIf attention has a budget, habits are the ledger. You can’t balance the books by being angry at the numbers.Add contextThe Atlantic ↗Connections (15) · Comments (6) · Saves & Shares (1k)
QUOTABLEWhat a good quote doesA quote is not a trophy. It’s a door you keep open for your future self.Add contextAeon ↗Connections (14) · Comments (5) · Saves & Shares (341)
QUOTABLEOn toysA tool becomes a toy the moment it gives you feedback. That’s when practice replaces performance.Add contextThe New Yorker ↗Connections (13) · Comments (4) · Saves & Shares (474)
QUOTABLEThe point of rereadingRereading is how you find out what you actually believed. The first time is often just recognition.Add contextNew York Times ↗Connections (12) · Comments (3) · Saves & Shares (382)
NOTABLESelection is where taste livesIf everything is urgent, nothing is chosen. Selection is where the taste lives.Add contextThe Economist ↗Connections (11) · Comments (2) · Saves & Shares (298)
QUOTABLEStreet trees are infrastructureStreet trees are infrastructure. The best public goods look like decor.Add contextNew York Times ↗Connections (2) · Comments (23) · Saves & Shares (126)
QUOTABLESlow systemsThe problem with fast takes is not that they’re wrong. It’s that they make slow systems look like opinions.Add contextLondon Review of Books ↗Connections (3) · Comments (2) · Saves & Shares (253)