Stop and Ye Shall Find
A Haiku
The less devices you have to charge, the more charge you have for your mind.
—Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Nothing is worth more than this day.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Above: Presence pilfered by pings.
Why are you scrolling?
What is it you hope to find?
Peace waits in the pause.
Per my about page, White Noise is a work of experimentation. I view it as a sort of thinking aloud, a stress testing of my nascent ideas. Through it, I hope to sharpen my opinions against the whetstone of other people’s feedback, commentary, and input.
If you want to discuss any of the ideas or musings mentioned above or have any books, papers, or links that you think would be interesting to share on a future edition of White Noise, please reach out to me by replying to this email or following me on Twitter X.
With sincere gratitude,
Tom
Ah! Just wrote this today, in a comment on another article about the health benefits of "boredom":
questions and answers
the finding of self again
all inside a pause