Today I'm sharing a quote from an article that just absolutely landed for me. I'm hoping maybe it hits for you too. Be well my fine friends. Take good care. Enjoy what's in front of you. And if you don't, well, that's life too isn't it. Whatever you do, just be as you are. Driven? Be it! Lazy, be it all the way! Somewhere in between? Be that too! You're doing just fine.
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For millions of years, newly hatched sea turtles would run towards the brightest horizon to find the ocean. They adapted to sense the moonlight that bounced off the ocean.
But now, on developed beaches, hotels, streetlights and homes are brighter than the reflected moonlight that is refracted off the waves.
So the turtles race the wrong way, often with dire consequences. Their evolutionary make-up has not caught up with the electrified world. This is called evolutionary mismatch.
Evolutionary mismatch (or evolutionary trap) is a concept in evolutionary biology where traits, behaviors, or physiological mechanisms that were previously adaptive in an ancestral environment become maladaptive or harmful due to a rapid change in the environment. It occurs when an organism is inadequately adapted to a new, often human-altered, setting.
I believe we are the turtles right now.
We are running towards a synthetic version of success and meaning brought on by the acceleration of technology.
an excerpt from:
The Psychological Impact of Acceleration
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Ps. Today's beautiful work above is from this amazing
Redditor who creates lovely cinemagraphs
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A Grandpa / 87 and winning.
Meet Jyukichi, a Japanese YouTuber who tries new foods, takes elaborate baths, recreates memes, and banters with his partner Natsuko over seafood. Proof that curiosity doesn't have an expiration date.
An Art / Light and shadow
Man, I enjoy this work so much. It just feels like rest looking at it. This South Korean artists Yunjung Choi has really figured out a lovely style. You may enjoy just staring at these pieces like I do.
A Book / The stories behind the label.
These folks published a kind of yellow pages of American clothing brands. The real factories, the real people, the history stitched into the tags. Not nostalgia-bait. Just honest nerding out about how things get made and why it matters.
A Mailbox / Real mail from a real human.
Joshua cooks sends you stickers, recipe cards, an art print, and a handwritten letter. In actual mail. The kind of thing that makes checking your mailbox feel like a small event again. Love.
A Tool / Don't panic. Don't rub. Just fix it.
Someone built a stain-removal guide on Neocities. Pick your stain, pick your fabric, get the steps and the actual chemistry. No ads, no tracking, no sign-up. Just a useful little corner of the free weird internet.
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A light, smooth Ethiopian roast that tastes like blueberries and milk chocolate had a baby. Chemical-free decaf process, organic farm, and named after the farmer who rebuilt the whole thing from wildfire ash.
*We don't name coffees after people lightly. This one earned it.
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I need 2-3 people who want to be link scouts for Wimp.
The job: send me your best internet finds. Stuff that helps us all exhale. The kind of thing that reminds us the internet used to be fun, and in some corners, still is. You know the vibe: decaffeinated, turn-the-volume-down, step-off-the-treadmill kind of stuff.
In exchange: you get a free Wimp subscription. Real decaf in the mail with your name on it. I promise to hand-pick and whisper sweet affirmations to every bean (possibly an exaggeration). If this sounds like you, reply to this email with your five best links. The folks with the best picks join the fray as link hunters.
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How much communication do you want?
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Wimp Decaf Coffee Co.
104 S Main St Suite 800, Suite #1045
Greenville, SC, 29601
United States
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