Go Flip Yourself: week48, 2023
logging - is digital important - skatespots archivist-in-chief - the problem with stuff - nostalgia is a curse - favorite questions - how notebooks changed the world
Every week, I intent to recap here what I’ve written and published myself on k7v.in and the best things I’ve watched, listened to, read.
You can expect stuff around life, culture, tech, parenting, street. Not specifically in that order obviously.
Last week on k7v.in
Logging nov. 29th, 2023
I listened to a great discussion with
about ‘long-lasting cultural impact’; I was a dad-at-home while the mom was working in Paris; ’s ‘is digital important?’; ’s ‘number one’; Inque Magazine and my Spotify wrapped.
Stuff worth checking out
🍷 I don’t promise having some cool Paris based events to announce every week but at least for the second time in a row, I do have one:
’s The Paris Chapter’s first community meetup. More info below 👇
🛹 I’m a member of a skateboarding collective and we launched our weekly collectively written newsletter:
. In the latest issue we introduced Simon, KrakMap’s Archivist-in-chief:
🛍 I agree with
that “we are consumed by consumption and are struggling to navigate a form of abundance that feels like scarcity because it drowns out meaning.” Which is exactly why I’m building by the way. Thomas’s latest essay is a must and very important read:
✍️ Om’s one of my favorite writer. To me, he truly embodies ‘wisdom’. While reading him is a true pleasure — and I do recommend his latest Nostalgia is a curse in life and tech; perfectly summed up by Miuccia Prada:
Nostalgia is a very complicated subject for me. I’m attracted by nostalgia but I refuse it intellectually.
Listening to him is even better. Discussing here the ‘long arc of tech’.
⁉️ Another favorite human to read and learn from on a regular basis is
. Her favorie questions are must-read.
📝 Last but not least, a quick dive into the history of notebooks and how the act of handwriting - by itself - is so powerful.
Enjoy the upcoming week 🥂💎 peace ✌️