I posted 300+ Threads in 3 days

Yet for some reason, we as a society have  collectively decided it’s better to have millions of human beings spending years of  their lives pretending to type into spreadsheets or preparing mind maps for PR meetings than freeing them to knit sweaters, play with their dogs, start a garage band, experiment with new recipes, or sit in cafés ... See more

But the Yglesias profile’s very existence reminds us of an important rule of thumb for navigating the content economy in the 21st century: Under the present regime, there is no real downside risk to posting. You might lose a small handful of subscribers or followers if you overwhelm their inbox, or write an egregiously bad post -- but on balance yo

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What sentence gives you goosebumps? Here's mine: "You waste years by not being able to waste hours." 13 thoughts on this trap: 1. A behaviour rewarded at school that punishes you later in life: Doing the work without asking why. 2. A behaviour punished at school that rewards you later in life: Asking "Why am I working on this?" 3. The busy tra... See more

My new piece is live. I think it's one of the more important things I've ever written.