The pointlessness of constant self-grading
We obsess with gauging the temperature of our present reputation. The numbers are public, ticking up and down like stock prices. The internet is the grandest...
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A retrospective report
We take a retrospective report, this time with the prospect of various viewpoints. When we look back at our own history, it only makes sense...
Technology spreads unreality
The reason we’re so comfortable around friends is because we can strip away the plastic and can be ourselves, zits and all. The problem with...
The effect of expectation
The placebo creates a ceremony of expectation. It builds off novelty and reinvigorates confidence in the possibility of recovery. We all fall victim to the...
The sorcery of screens
The internet never ends. Mountains of content are piling up as we speak. The hook is neither in our control or that of technology. We...
Blinded by closeness
You can’t make anything in the forest stand still. It is in constant flux, whether that’s in seasons, wildfires, or in the territory marking of...
How to avoid the comparison bubble
It’s easy to get caught up in the comparison bubble. You always want what we don’t have. You are incorrectly taught to copy, just as...
Book guilt
On average, how many times do you actually finish the book you’re reading? Artist and journalist James Bridle encourages us to be honest with ourselves...
Beware the algorithms
Six hundred red years ago, there was no such thing as personal identity. Only when people owned mirrors did they start seeing themselves as individuals. One...
‘The right to disconnect’ 📱
Stop working from home and get some rest. Even better, plan some unscheduled time. Sincerely, France Wait, what? On January 1st of this year, France...
Picasso: Art as a form of diary
Art is where our mind’s eye merges with reality to create a theater inside our head, resulting in the form of a diary. This was...