<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Novnotes: Note]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ideas and philosophical writings, mainly from the old archive of my personal writings ]]></description><link>https://www.novnotes.com/s/note</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!25il!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd0c650c-b382-499d-8609-5f407cd340f6_603x603.png</url><title>Novnotes: Note</title><link>https://www.novnotes.com/s/note</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 22:57:21 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.novnotes.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Brandon]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[brandonnova@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[brandonnova@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Brandon]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Brandon]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[brandonnova@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[brandonnova@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Brandon]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[Everything is Replaceable, Nothing Should Be]]></title><description><![CDATA[Everything and everyone is replaceable.]]></description><link>https://www.novnotes.com/p/everything-is-replaceable-nothing</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.novnotes.com/p/everything-is-replaceable-nothing</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:48:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!25il!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd0c650c-b382-499d-8609-5f407cd340f6_603x603.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Everything and everyone is replaceable. There was that before and there will be that after, as if anything else was known. </p><p>Anything that is irreplaceable would lead to something forever broken, and at best something inideal. Somethings seem irreplaceable, due to the burden of replication or replacement, but at a point it will make sense. </p><p>It is sort of an ideal, however, to be irreplaceable: to be the expert, the glue, the monopoly. Though how nice to be that forever? Maybe a monopoly, yes, but nothing lasts forever. How unfortunate those under what temporarily irreplaceable. </p><p>All that is was once what will be. All is an attempt to fulfill want, want being a specific end to a need, or derivative to do so. Every item has substitute. </p><p>How many autocratic regimes in desperate times played the sweet siren of promised certainty? All is ours. Those that were gone, and those that will go, all will. </p><p>Then what? How trapped? At the mercy of whatever system of choice, or better yet, a predetermined luck!? </p><div><hr></div><p>Though it&#8217;s a freedom, and simultaneously an attention earned. It means all is replaceable, but what is there is chosen. </p><p>It&#8217;s a greater meaning in a way. It was all guaranteed nothing would be earned. A game with unlimited currency and level, it all becomes nothing, and all fake anyways. But a game where one may lose, and often do, and most do, try on. </p><p>Best of luck to all those trying, and especially those not trying. </p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>