Mike "Bagel"

Then came the existentialists—Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir—who picked up where Nietzsche left off. They said, “We’re free now. We get to create ourselves.” But wow—what an obligation that is. It’s not just a gift, it’s a burden. Suddenly, it’s up to us to define who we are, how we live, what we stand for.

That’s where Sartre’s quote comes in—possibly... See more

Great framework to empower people. — Apprentice: learning how to do things — Qualified: doing things — Proven: doing things and making sure they are done well — Empowered: knowing what needs to be done

I think that kind of environmental design where it's like okay I'm going to go out and the only computer I'll bring with me is my daylight and all it'll have on this is blank activities that I've pre-selected to be good for me and so then it's not daylight versus dopamine addictive Loops it's daylight versus picking your nose and I think that is... See more

The only thing that scares me is that I will die tomorrow without having known myself.

— Blind Owl by Sadeq Hedayat

The way to live a full life is to act quickly.

Particularly as you grow older, it’s alarmingly easy to let a year or two (or five) slip by without doing the big things you always felt like doing. You get into a rhythm—not necessarily one you love, but one you become comfortable repeating—and the grooves of your daily routine become deeper and more

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