everything is a conversation
notes on being in constructive dialogue with reality, instead of staying mired in delusional rigidity
everything is a conversation
Growth mindset is just replying to yourself with “skill issue” every time something goes wrong
Emmett Shear • Tweet
There are only so many ways to begin talking, but with each exchange, the combinatorial space of what might come next expands dramatically. By the tenth turn of a genuine dialogue, we’re navigating billions of potential conversational states.
A Philosophy of Conversation
communication is conversion
Andrew McLuhan • Tweet
“A conversation has a spirit of its own,” Gadamer writes, “and the language in which it is conducted bears its own truth within it.” This insight directly challenges information-transfer models of communication. Language isn’t just a vehicle for pre-formed thoughts; it’s the medium through which thinking itself happens. Or as Soleio writes,... See more
A Philosophy of Conversation
frightening how many of our wounds come from trying to be less than we are
-river kenna
“An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.”
~ Martin Luther King Jr.
good sex is just a conversation that doesn't require words
rachel (aka “x’s venus”) • Tweet
“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness.
It took me years to understand that this, too, was a gift."
- Mary Oliver
It took me years to understand that this, too, was a gift."
- Mary Oliver