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Less:

When I'm writing, I write. When I'm cooking, I cook. When I'm talking to someone, I put my phone away. The constant mental juggling that felt necessary before now feels exhausting. There's something meditative about giving your full attention to a single task. [...] Less really is more. It usually takes a while to figure that out.

The allure of multitasking is, in my opinion, one of the biggest threat to actually getting things done.

I deleted my second brain:

My new system is, simply, no system at all. I write what I think. I delete what I don’t need. I don’t capture everything.

Refreshing take on the productivity-cult around note-taking.

The cult of hard mode:

Your goal is not to build a perfect system. Your goal is to solve the problem and move on. Think of productivity tools like duct tape or zip ties: functional, replaceable, and emotionally neutral.

In the same vein as the previous link. Choose simple tools. Complex ones get in the way.

We all suffer from OpenAI's pursuit of scale: A sobering podcast episode on the costs of the large-scale investment in chatbots.

I Work For an Evil Company, but Outside Work, I’m Actually a Really Good Person: This made me laugh out loud, even though the message is a sad one.