Archive - What Matters Now

Attention is the ultimate currency

In a world of overwhelming information overload, choosing what to pay attention to will define your growth and success

Feb 17 • Stephen Flanagan

An ocean explorer, a filmmaker and an AI pioneer with something unexpected in common

Over the past six months I built a tool that maps 5,017 lessons from 396 remarkable people -- scientists, athletes, founders, philosophers, artists…

Feb 17 • Stephen Flanagan

June 2025

The Return of the Command Line

Back in the day when computers were still just for nerds, like God intended it, you typed arcane commands to do stuff.

Jun 17, 2025 • Stephen Flanagan

May 2025

What is even happening?

We're at the part before an earthquake when the ground has just shifted and now we're all looking at each other nervously

May 26, 2025 • Stephen Flanagan

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