everything is a conversation
notes on being in constructive dialogue with reality, instead of staying mired in delusional rigidity
everything is a conversation
treat the tweets on your timeline as if they are messages in your inbox personally sent to you, and reply like how you’d reply to a friend sending that message
Whenever there is an argument between two ideas, find the third idea.
A good conversation is an act of joint exploration. Somebody floats a half-formed idea. Somebody else seizes on the nub of the idea, plays with it, offers her own perspective based on her own memories, and floats it back so the other person can respond. A good conversation sparks you to have thoughts you never had before. A good conversation starts
... See moreDavid Brooks • How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
When you stop reading, you stop writing.
When you stop writing, you stop thinking.
When you stop thinking, you stop feeling.
When you stop feeling, you stop believing.
When you stop believing, you stop building.
When you stop building, you stop bettering.
When you stop bettering, you stop caring.
When you stop caring, you stop living.
When you stop writing, you stop thinking.
When you stop thinking, you stop feeling.
When you stop feeling, you stop believing.
When you stop believing, you stop building.
When you stop building, you stop bettering.
When you stop bettering, you stop caring.
When you stop caring, you stop living.
Tom White • When You Stop Living
Most dialogues are just monologues in disguise.
Kelly Thompson • Tom White on Substack
People do not actually coordinate with each other. Rather, people are coordinated by language. If you want to improve your ability to coordinate, you must upgrade your vocabulary.
Dan Allison • Tweet
“Things became a lot easier when I no longer expected to win. When you understand that, you abandon your masterpiece and sink into the real masterpiece.” - Leonard Cohen
