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The paradigmatic works of art for an age let certain ways of life shine forth. But in doing so they cover up what is worthy in other—radically different—ways of life.
All Things Shining
Hubert Dreyfus and Sean Dorrance Kelly
Do not resign to give up what makes you happy. And don't believe that time management is the answer—it's part of the problem.
[Segmenting time destroys its most valuable quality: flow](https://simone.org/single-tasking/). That 0.01% spark survives not because we've managed our calendar better, but because we've learned to protect what matters.
The next time someone suggests better time management as the solution, remember: your exhaustion isn't a personal failing. It's what happens when **ping culture** treats attention as a resource to be mined rather than a capacity to be nurtured.
The Attention Wars: Why Creative Time Is Now Contraband
Kōdō Simone
Nicola Green told me. “It’s wrong to be prescriptive: we have to trust people’s judgment.”
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