Slow tools, fast minds.
Some of the most productive people I know use software that looks, on paper, objectively worse than the modern alternative — and I think that's the whole point.
The argument I want to make is small and embarrassingly familiar: the tools you reach for every day shape the way you think, and tools that introduce a bit of friction can be a feature, not a bug…
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