a supposedly fun thing i'll never do again

hitting different what with corona (opens new window)

u r not so smart

eli5 learned helplessness (opens new window)

habits vs customs in The Pale King

openlibhums (opens new window)

the now habit

https://experiencelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/30-the-now-habit.pdf

https://thebaffler.com/

the baff dot com

all watched over by machines of loving grace

by richard brautigan (opens new window)

thread on the peloton ad

addendum: i don’t think you could tell, reading the script, that this ad would be SO bad.

the creepiness isn’t in the text, it’s in the subtext. the framing, the point of view, the timing

just like how someone recut Mary Poppins like a horror movie https://t.co/iH9UIPLEWX

— Amy Hoy (@amyhoy) December 6, 2019

adorno, minima moralia

the melancholy science (opens new window)