Bring back skimming!! Skimming is a skill! It sharpens our ability to recognize patterns/synthesize information/streamline our own writing and thought process. Our brains are infinitely better than AI at making sense of complex topics/passages
"High protein" "cottage cheese" "51g of protein" Ok, but how many grams of joy? Does it contain the prospect of pleasure? Will it make me smile? Was it made with love?
The system is designed to keep you comfortable, not wealthy.
This financial autopsy of a 36-year-old couple earning $350k proves it.
Look at these numbers:
There is something beautiful about having long term friends that have witnessed multiple versions of you and loved you unconditionally through each version
what's great about kafka is that this basically happens in the storyโthe first thought gregor has, after discovering he's become a bug, isn't "oh no i'm a bug now," but "can i take a later train and still make it to work on time?"
may I add:
- a dash of ground coffee in your brownies/chocolate cake
- sea salt in anything with caramel
- using coffee creamer as a dairy substitute in baked goods for flavoring (especially cheesecakes, custards, creme brulee)
- vanilla extract in your pancake/waffle mix
- a few spoons of apple pie filling/instant apple cinnamon oatmeal in your oatmeal raisin cookies
- spaghetti sauce seasoning mix in your ricotta/cream cheese/mascarpone spread for lasagna
- searing your meatballs for spaghetti in garlic butter
- honey, vanilla, and lemon juice as a light coating for fresh fruit