I’m super interested in getting a Free Write Traveller for creative writing but it’s hard to justify the price.
There’s an interesting interview with the Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami where the interviewer was asking why he doesn’t just come to Hollywood, because he wouldn’t have to deal with you know censorship and artistic training wheels or what have you. And Kiarostamisaid that he felt more creative with fewer options and preferred to stay in Iran. He went on to make one movie outside of Iran but I really can relate to what he said. Our phones and computers, really our culture, has been infected with distractions which are pulling us away from what we should be doing towards bad faith actors with junk for sale.
I actually have an alpha smart neo. For a few months I really liked it which is why I’m considering a free write. Unfortunately, one day the batteries popped out of it and I lost a few weeks of writing, because the memory requires steady power or it wipes clean. I’ve put duct tape on the back of it now to stop that from happening again. But the experience kind of ruined the neo for me.
> Our phones and computers, really our culture, has been infected with distractions which are pulling us away from what we should be doing towards bad faith actors with junk for sale.
It’s like game developers chasing graphic over game mechanics or simplicity.
I’m currently at Disney World and feel like was an executive decision to make all new rides a technical marvel. There aren’t as many rides as there should be (2 hour wait times) and they are broken down half the day.
I don’t feel like Walt Disney or Steve Jobs chased technical achievement at the expense of simplicity and experience.
There’s an interesting interview with the Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami where the interviewer was asking why he doesn’t just come to Hollywood, because he wouldn’t have to deal with you know censorship and artistic training wheels or what have you. And Kiarostamisaid that he felt more creative with fewer options and preferred to stay in Iran. He went on to make one movie outside of Iran but I really can relate to what he said. Our phones and computers, really our culture, has been infected with distractions which are pulling us away from what we should be doing towards bad faith actors with junk for sale.