March 2010
9 posts
Be careful of the “everyones” who say pageviews are imperfect but the best we can do. They’re the ones who are happy with the web as a market for bullshit.
Gruber
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Work well done is not only a responsibility to yourselves and society; it is also an emotional need.
Carlos Slim Helú
It also does not consider externalities, such as pollution. Advertising is mind pollution. Advertising is designed to affect the behaviour of people for the benefit of the advertiser. Why would anyone willingly expose themselves to something designed to steal their attention?
You might argue that advertising creates value – some viewers choose to buy when otherwise they wouldn’t have. But what of...
Practice makes perfect for as long as you think perfection is even possible: then you realize it really isn’t (that you are actually mediocre) and you throw in the towel and start having fun (or you start having a fit).
Sufjan Stevens
The easy part to culling the bullshit is to ask yourself: Is this activity making a positive, tangible difference in my life or anyone else’s life? Is it a real, true prerequisite for a tangibly effective activity? Alternatively, am I totally okay with doing this just because I like doing it, laboring under no illusion that it benefits me or anyone else?
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