“If something is a tool, it genuinely is just sitting there waiting patiently (example: bicycle). If something is not a tool, it’s demanding things from you. It’s seducing you. It’s manipulating you. It wants things from you.”
- The example for a non-tool would be social media (demanding things-sending notifications.)
“There are only two industries that call their customers ‘users’: illegal drugs and software.” — Edward Tufte
“It’s the gradual, slight, imperceptible change in your own behavior and perception that is the product.” — Jaron Lanier.
“If you’re not paying for the product, then you are the product.”
Procrastination is caused by one of two things
1 — Too challenging
2 — Too boring
“Your goals do not have an expiration date”
“If you want to be the 1% of people in the world, you gotta do things the other 99% of people aren’t willing to do.”
