Uncertainty is the root of all progress and all growth.

Subtlety #2: To not give a fuck about adversity, you must first give a fuck about something more important than adversity.

the more options we’re given, the less satisfied we become with whatever we choose, because we’re aware of all the other options we’re potentially forfeiting.

Subtlety #1: Not giving a fuck does not mean being indifferent; it means being comfortable with being different.

It’s these dynamics that plague us now. We are so materially well off, yet so psychologically tormented in so many low-level and shallow ways.

Our crisis is no longer material; it’s existential, it’s spiritual. We have so much fucking stuff and so many opportunities that we don’t even know what to give a fuck about anymore.

What is the pain that you want to sustain?

Subtlety #3: Whether you realize it or not, you are always choosing what to give a fuck about.

Because I failed to separate what I felt from what was, I was incapable of stepping outside myself and seeing the world for what it was: a simple place where two people can walk up to each other at any time and speak.