Load Bearing Beliefs
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Carl Jung
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“People try to do all sorts of clever and difficult things to improve life instead of doing the simplest, easiest thing—refusing to participate in activities that make life bad.”
Simon Sarris • Careful Technology
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Am I avoiding information that I know may change my behavior?
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When I see people described as progressive but they spend more energy hating the rich (e.g. landlords) versus helping people (e.g. pushing for more market rate housing), I’m reminded that people love being cruel while protected by the cloak of righteousness.
X. It’s what’s happening
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Tim Ferriss: What do you think your 70 year old self would give to your current self as advice?
Sebastian Junger: I think I would say to myself that the world is this continually unfolding set of possibilities and opportunities. And the tricky thing about life is, on the one hand, having the courage to enter into things that are unfamiliar.
But to al
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"In the absence of strong convictions about what you want from life, you will always default to wanting more money." – Jack Raines
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Amor fati
mvp = minimal surface area of things, done exceptionally well—not many things done partway.
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