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Bianca van der Meulen's avatar

“people are going to think you’re full of yourself if you spend your time up your own ass”

I identify with this so hard (though I tend to think of it as "navel-gazing" because ass language makes me feel queasy and involuntary clench my actual behind).

I think that voice is right about many people, but it knows that 60% of what keeps me sane and 95% of what ends up being helpful to others comes straight from endless navel-gazing, so we've agreed to let me continue in my ways.

I'm always both tickled and deeply encouraged by your introspections!

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Vinish Garg's avatar

This post reminds me of this amazing book by Shannon Mattern—A City Is Not a Computer: Other Urban Intelligences: https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691208053/a-city-is-not-a-computer?srsltid=AfmBOoou2ca5GQ8G3mHXGn8IUst1uM8SlHOVvdo9ZfvzZa3hOCr3leN2

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