Substrate

Susan Fowler Rigetti, developer, author and editor, will be responsible for pieces on all the ways technology is shaping our culture, economy, and much more. Read more in this note from James Bennet…

“You weren’t built to scale.”

“The people you know who seem wicked smart, and who seem to come up with ideas much faster than you possibly could, are often people who have simply thought about the issues for much longer than you have.”

“But what will matter more in ten years? A hundred? The only things that will outlive me are my writing and my cast iron skillet.”

There’s a lot of discussion about specific tactics you should use in life to become successful: what productivity app you should use, which exercises to be fit, where to invest your money. Missing from this is the question of how do you think about the big questions in your life? Not just where you spend

“The rise in communication options has turned what was confined by four walls into something more porous and fluid. And perhaps that is why I argue, that we need to think of time differently.”

“Why not write for an audience of one? Craft the most personal letter to one of your friends, and send it. Can you make them cry with joy? Make that your goal.”

We describe RC as being self-directed and community-driven, but what do these terms actually mean?

We stand in the rain in a long line

Every week’s edition of the newsletter keeps becoming my favorite.

“...and behind them nothing.”

“I know it's a tall thing. But words matter.”

I’m so excited for Substack.

A look at the winners of the 2018 iPhone Photography Awards

“One of the things that makes RC unique is that everyone has the rare opportunity to take responsibility for and direct their own learning — from deciding what is important to them to what their goals are and how to achieve them. At the same time, RC is at its best when everyone is mindful and supportive of each other’s learning goals. Bifurcating our community into “Recursers” and “residents” does not help this.”

Kaitlin is slowly trickling out teasers for her upcoming project

Justin knocked this one out of the park.

Probably my favorite WBW post to date

“...representative of the sort of slippage I want to avoid; I should and will do better, even if that means taking more time off when appropriate. Many of you have emailed me over the years on precisely this point, and I’m ready to listen.” Thompson’s cadence has always been bafflingly impressive. This is the first mention I’ve read from him about rest—a gentle reminder that we’re all human.

“PS Please excuse my not mailing this — but I don’t know your new address.”

“When Twitter the company moves too slowly, we make Twitter the product into what we want.”

“Manhattan is quiet and cocoonish when it's cold. The entire city goes into hibernation mode, and communal solitude has to be one of the loveliest things I've experienced.”

“...being weird as a teenager is generally good.”

“These are tools, not requirements. Don’t let them make you miserable. Tune them until they bring you pleasure.”