Previnder

Time will pass anyway.

I must admit, I hate fanaticism far more than I hate corruption and debauchery.

Big dictionary energy right here.

One persistent problem with designers is that they all work with 5k displays with high pixel density and perfect color calibration and they forget that the majority of people use worse displays everyday (sometimes far worse). A significant portion of the accessibility issues comes from this alone.

Either humanity would become one—and all the distinctions of country, race, and religion would fade away—or one day we'd go extinct by our own doing. This multi-polar nuclear standoff cannot continue indefinitely into the future.

Nietzsche hits the mark once again.

To be truly authentic and always true to oneself is the most radical way to live. Incidentally, it’s one of the things that people near death apparently regret the most: not having lived their life on their own terms.

There are some who need to hear that, by being too considerate of the feelings of others, they might be in danger of unconsciously assuming that their own feelings are not legitimate.

Alexander von Humboldt in his library in his Berlin apartment in 1856, three years before his death at age 89. Not a bad way to spend ones final years, or indeed any years, if you ask me.

Decisions are what we make when we don't know what to do.

TIL that there’s such a thing as Yen Buddhism in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld universe. Honestly, the majority of the Buddhist monks here in Sri Lanka would feel right at home in it.

If you’re not sure what to do right now, set a timer for two minutes, enumerate all the options at your disposable, and pick one of them to do. Among these options, include also the option to extend the amount of time to think about what to do next. Repeat until you know what to do.

Never let a moralist, of whatever flavor, be in charge of a creative enterprise. Art has but one purpose: to produce beautiful things. Everything else must be subservient to this ultimate end.

This was a fun read, though the subject matter might be a little gloomy. There’s a bit of schadenfreude to be enjoyed here at the expense of the abomination of a company that is (or was) Cluely.

Self-preservation at all costs—the man for whom nothing is more valuable than his own life—is the lowest of all creatures. In all of human psychology, nor in the behavior of animals, there’s no baser instinct than this.

Whatever your opinion of Greta Thunberg, what she says here sounds unquestionably true. Real conviction of a worthy goal, however distant, can make the world come alive by imbuing one’s life with great meaning and purpose.

What if you were completely without fear? Who would you then be? If you tell me you won’t be any different, either you’re one person in a billion or you’re lying, perhaps to yourself as much as to anyone.

This is where you’re supposed to be everyday as any kind of creative person.

Education proper is the constant and never-ending refining of our model of the world.

There is an underrated danger to too much information consumption; which is that in the noise, one tends to forget the basics, the fundamentals, which are the most important to keep in mind.

Take everything and nothing seriously, at the same time. Contrary to how this sounds, this is not paradoxical.

If you’re not Steve Jobs, however, it’s probably for the best if you disregard the advice implied here.

Standing in front of the entire human race, looking at the faces in the crowd, and them looking back at you. How do you relate to them? What words do you have for them? Do you feel naked in front of them?

When you plan for the future, try not to be a tyrant over your future self.

Complete disengagement from time to time, from whatever it is that you’re doing, even sometimes from your whole daily routine and way of life, is critical for maintaining perspective.

"To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan and not quite enough time." — Leonard Bernstein

Are we still doing starter packs? Put this one together because I love seeing things that lovely folks write on the internet, and I'm sure there are more people to meet and add to this list. go.bsky.app/AnM2t7r

If people can predict you, they'll take you for granted.