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Rob Walker: It Hurts to Be Present

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Why Do You Make Things?

I think it's a very serious response to this attention panic moment that we're in. It's not just sort of like, wouldn't it be neat if your day was spent in a different way. I'm trying to think of ways that offer an incentive to have fun with noticing and make it part of your life. Why do you make things? There's maybe too much emphasis on making things. And I really want to resist that pressure.

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