An ode to Flexoki
The calm isn't only in the colors. It's in the decision being made.
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Everything I share — writing, short curated lists, and links. You can also find me on Threads.
The hill
But a lot of the time, the hard stuff is just a hill. Stopping on that hill sucks.
Cubed
I turned a toy into a project and a reflection on my self-worth instead of just enjoying the process. Oops.
Fuck it, let's go
What would it be like if I published one post every day of the week? Just as an experiment? What if I did that this week?
Mountaineering ✦
This is your first hint that I've started reading *Infinite Jest*...
The End Isn't Nigh ✦
it’s incredibly hard, and maybe impossible, to escape the distorted perspective that’s been labelled “temporal chauvinism”: the feeling that the time you’re living in now is the most significant or terrifying one ever – simply because it’s the one you happen to be around to experience.
Are You Tired of the Trump Era Yet ✦
Donald Trump was not a Manchurian Candidate, created in a secret Russian/Chinese lab to infiltrate and bring down the United States of America. Nor, I believe, is he personally in the pocket of Russian and/or Chinese interests, blackmailed and bribed into weakening his country at the bidding of overseas masters. But sometimes it’s very difficult to distinguish between Trump’s *actual* actions and what he *would* do if he were a foreign plant or catspaw.
AI Is Not a Labor Crisis. It Is a Meaning Crisis. ✦
Some really good nuggets in here. There’s a LOT to think about these days…
You Can Judge a Book by Its Cover ✦ must read
Wow.
It's Never Been Easier to Do Too Much ✦
Teams are bolting AI onto everything they can, often without slowing down to define which problems the tools should actually solve. The result can be what some researchers now call “workslop”—AI-generated output that looks productive but doesn’t actually move anything forward. More dashboards no one looks at. More summaries no one reads. More content, less signal.