#172: Trick questions
alex and added
there’s also a deeper, ambient anxiety I see so many of us wracked with—a sort of neurotic paralysis. Not knowing which path to take in life. Not knowing what decisions to make. Not knowing who we are. It’s this constant second-guessing, examining every decision to death, agonising over the right thing to do. When young people talk about how unbear... See more
Freya India • We Need Moral Direction
Keely Adler and added
I’m writing this installment with the themes of the last—exhaustion, burnout, tiredness, rest—still in mind. There are so many reasons why any of us might feel exhausted and depleted, but just now I find myself wondering how much of it is the result of aimless labors that serve only the operations of a techno-economic system designed to offer us ev
... See moretheconvivialsociety.substack.com • Living in Expectation of the Unexpected Gift
sari added
Some of these poisons are embedded in the shared ideals of our culture, with its focus on constant improvement and perpetual forward motion. The rise of digital culture has exacerbated this problem dramatically. We’re now, more than ever before, bombarded by hidden and overt messages about our personal worth. In spite of the growing uncertainty and
... See moreIs the accelerated pace of modern life the work of our old friend (and nemesis) the neocortex? Is it just another unintended consequence? Do our minds override messages from the rest of the organism—stress, anxiety, uncertainty, ulcers, and heart attacks—so that we can whiz along with the world, hustling from meeting to meeting, checking our emails... See more
J. Gary Bernhard, Ed.D. • Is There a Natural Pace of Living for Human Beings?
Heather Buffo and added