Sublime | Substack
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Sublime | Substack
It speaks to the fact that as individuals, we’re all expected to perform at the same scale as major brands. We're supposed to have monetizable output at all times. We can't have hobbies that are meaningless. Everything we do has to be a product.
You can't even express an interest in a particular social cultural landscape without somebody asking you ... See more
You can't even express an interest in a particular social cultural landscape without somebody asking you ... See more
New Media IRL: "New Release" by Yacht
I decided that the Internet is simply a giant machine designed to give people what they want. That's what these connections do. And another way to say that is that the Internet makes human desires more easily attainable. In other words, it offers convenience. I learned that the Latin root of “convenience” actually means assembling and agreeing. Isn... See more
JamesClear.com • "A Journey on the Information Highway"
I often think about how the internet is a collective consciousness for humanity and how the first 30 years of the internet didn’t create products with that context in mind and lost the reverence of that sacredness. The products created didn’t have that aspiration in mind and simply wanted to monetize and grow. Sublime is the first product in a long
... See moreDo something that won’t compute. Following this maxim may mean I will soon become obsolete, outpaced by those who calculate their utils and control their time and carefully calibrate their existence. But I’ve grown contented with that fate. I wish to live and die as I am: wholly, honestly, and messily; constantly awed by life’s imperfection; wastin... See more