Modern Living – Page 4 – Garrick van Buren

The Greatest Minds of My Generation

“I found it most interesting that people stopped complaining because the engineers found a good way for people to waste their time.” – John Bernier

“The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads…That sucks.” – Jeff Hammerbacher

Din

“No, you’re not the only one, David. It amazes me that some of the tech blogs have so many dozens of posts each day. There just isn’t that much going on that really matters.” – Richard Bennett

You can Survive for 12 years without Money

“He has no job, no bank account and does not accept government welfare. In fact, Suelo has no money at all.”

Unchecked

“…the new Sabbath Manifesto app, for the iPhone, Android, Blackberry and other smartphones, announces to your social networks and online community through Facebook and Twitter that you are unplugging and will not be available online. Users can also sign up for text alerts that will remind them on Friday to unplug.
” – Tanya Schevitz

Funproductive

“Reading productivity posts in itself is a highly unproductive exercise. Our time probably would have been better spent by looking at cats on Reddit instead.” – Jason Kim

“people == distraction”

“…sometimes you need few days without anyone else to get things done before deadlines. Working remotely off of 12”-13” laptop can give you a boost that you don’t expect…” – Peter Legierski

Dead Tree

“Print will survive. Books will survive even longer. It’s print as a marker of prestige that’s dying.” – Tim Carmody

Coffee Lock-in

“The problem is that you bought yourself a shiny espresso machine that only takes pods distributed by the manufacturer. So even if you buy the hippie’s beans, you can’t make yourself any coffee with them because the machine won’t take them unless they’ve been shipped to the manufacturer and packaged into little special pellets.” – Reginal Braithwaite

Opt-In to Happiness

“All it’s cost me are LOLs and LIKES and YOUTUBE VIDEOS OF EXPLOSIONS and news about startups. It’s more than a fair trade–it’s a no brainer. And I think almost anyone with a job based on information can set up a similar life that is just as enjoyable. It might take a few years, but you can’t do it while you’re rotting online reading junk content. Get on, make the most meaningful information and connections, and then get offline. Then, live purposefully towards happiness. Because I’ve never met a person who spent their days and nights online that was happy as I am right now.” – Brian Lam