The Bodega at the End of the Internet

Sir, this is a Wendy’s.

The main thing holding the family back from a change in living quarters was far more their complete hopelessness and the idea that they had been struck by a misfortune like no one else in their entire circle of relatives and acquaintances.

Franz Kafka • The Metamorphosis

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Christian Sarkar • The Ecosystem of Wicked Problems – ECOSYSTEMATIC

Happiness is a choice, and so is suffering

don Miguel Ruiz • The Four Agreements

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Conrad Bastable • Monetization & Monopolies: How the Internet You Loved Died

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This growth mindset is based on the belief that your basic qualities are things you can cultivate through your efforts, your strategies, and help from others. Although people may differ in every which way—in their initial talents and aptitudes, interests, or temperaments—everyone can change and grow through application and experience.

Carol S. Dweck • Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

All living things contain a measure of madness that moves them in strange, sometimes inexplicable ways.

Yann Martel • Life of Pi

Bluesky

the meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not the meaning of life in general but rather the specific meaning of a person’s life at a given moment.