Morbidity. I used to be afraid of exercising. That was before I was dealing with these health problems. Now I’m afraid of not exercising. The fear is the same.

pessimism also has its own ontological argument: existence is that beyond which nothing worse can be conceived.

Simplicity is more than just an external way – it is a an all-encompassing mindset, it is an alchemical habit. Everything simplicity touches turns to gold.

System Justification Theory : Inefficient systems will be defended and maintained if they serve the needs of people who benefit from them – individual incentives can sustain systemic stupidity.

Nietzsche once defined “not being able to wait” as one of our most typically human qualities. In culture as in history, all tragedies and comedies are simply the result of someone not being able to wait. If Medea had simply taken the day off? If Hamlet had put things off for even longer? If Arjuna has called the whole thing off? But not being able

Remember this always. Complexity equals anxiety. Simplicity equals serenity.

Depressive Realism : Depressed people have a more accurate view of the world because they’re more realistic about how risky and fragile life is. The opposite of “blissfully unaware.”

the human race generates as much data in two days now as it did in all of history before the year 2003,