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It's last call: Registration for my new course RESET, a cosmic tune-up for your workday, closes at 5pm EDT tomorrow. Book a spot here.
Plus, a brand-new Hurry Slowly on why inspiration can't be optimized. Even in a world that insists everything can be made more efficient.
Listen to "Creativity vs Efficiency." | | LINKS TO LOVE
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What we can learn from people who succeed later in life. Inspirational: "All I have produced before the age of 70 is not worth taking into account. At 73 I have learned a little about the real structure of nature. When I am 80 I shall have made still more progress. At 90, I shall penetrate the mystery of things. At 100 I shall have reached a marvelous stage, and when I am 110, everything I do, whether it be a dot or a line, will be alive."
What we mean when we call art "necessary." This is a great piece: "No work of art, no matter how incisive, beautiful, uncomfortable or representative, needs to exist. Yet the internet — the same force that has increased awareness of social-justice movements — has hyperbolized all entreaties to our fragmented attention spans. It's now as easy to see all the incredible and twisted ways the world causes suffering as it is to waste a couple hours scrolling through Twitter. The concerned citizen's natural response is to prioritize. It's why so many outlets seem to invoke moral outrage as a growth strategy — and why being told what you need to read or watch starts to be appealing."
I feel like a ghost. A thoughtful longread from Heather Havrilesky: "Through the lens of art, shame becomes valuable. When you're curious about your shame instead of afraid of it, you can see the true texture of the day and the richness of the moment, with all of its flaws. You can run your hands along your own self-defeating edges until you get a splinter, and you can pull the splinter out and stare at it and consider it."
The web we have to save. Smart perspective: "Apps like Instagram are blind — or almost blind. Their gaze goes nowhere except inwards, reluctant to transfer any of their vast powers to others, leading them into quiet deaths. The consequence is that web pages outside social media are dying. The web was not envisioned as a form of television when it was invented. But, like it or not, it is rapidly resembling TV: linear, passive, programmed and inward-looking."
+ Late-night tweeting degrades your performance.
+ How to be likable.
+ Alexa for animals.
+ Teamwork. | | SHOUT-OUTS:
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Much appreciation for link ideas to: Dense Discovery, Kottke, and Alex Anderson.
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Hi, I'm Jocelyn, the human behind this newsletter. I created the online course RESET, a cosmic tune-up for your workday, and I host Hurry Slowly — a podcast about how you can be more productive, creative, and resilient by slowing down. | | | | |
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