I did change the action button on my iPhone to go monochrome when you explain how to do it a few month ago… I barely use it. I like the colour, the sparks, the shiny side of life.

The latter part of Aldous Huxley's "The doors of perception/heaven and hell" touches neatly on how the availability of colour (inks, neon lights, screens) has muted our sensitivity to it. What once entranced and hypnotised us is now mundane. You probably feel more sensitive/averted due to being ove...

It’s not the effect of japan on you? I find things to be very bland here. But slowly I’m starting to prefer bland. But then when I see some colorful accents, I remember how nice color is.

I guess that's what it's supposed to be.

With deteriorating eyesight, I find that I need good contrast more than anything. Simple designs definitely help here and make the products more appealing to me. Darkmode has been especially helpful for me. If the product doesn’t look good in darkmode (like some corporate email templates), I strug...