Breath

In an information-rich world, the wealth of information means a dearth of something else: a scarcity of whatever it is that information consumes. What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention. - Herbert Simon, 1971

"The key to thriving in our high-tech world, they’ve learned, is to spend much less time using technology." (Cal Newport, Digital Minimalism)

So what we see is that self-actualization is a flywheel: you become self-actualized by seeing reality clearly so you can design a life that fits you, and you become better at seeing reality by engaging with it head-on.

Henrik Karlsson • Henrik Karlsson | Substack

There are two ways to make the world more mesmerizing: to seek out new and increasingly intense experiences, or to loosen the filters that make ordinary experience “ordinary”. You can go skydiving, or you can meditate for long enough that walking feels like skydiving. Either way, I think what we’re seeking is an escape back into what we used to be,... See more

Kasra • Tastes of magic

We need a sense of direction, not a definition of our selves. We need to be able to bumble around the Earth, having multiple experiences and doing a variety of things, so that we can take all the learnings and benefits that variety can offer us. But we also need to know the core of ourselves so that we don’t have to let those experiences change our