Human behavior
How we think and feel
Human behavior
The most human part of humanity is not our animal instincts nor our computer-like rationality, but our mutual social creation of meanings and values around arbitrary choices.
The Most Important Idea You'll Ever Learn About Relationships: “Unspoken expectations are premeditated resentments.”
Podcast Notes • 📝 Tesla Full Self Driving Breakthrough, Seinfeld, Huberman/Jocko, Tim Ferris 2X, MFM Deep Dives on Exec. Health, Indexes and Stock Markets
Curiosity is a stance well suited to the inherent unpredictability of life with others, because it can be satisfied by their behaving in ways you like or dislike—whereas the stance of demanding a certain result is frustrated each time things fail to go your way.
Oliver Burkeman • Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
After the surgery, all ten of the patients in the study reported greater mobility and less pain. In fact, the men who received “pretend” surgery did just as well as those who’d received debridement or lavage surgery. There was no difference in the results—even six months later. And six years later, when two of the men who’d received the placebo
... See moreDr. Joe Dispenza • You Are the Placebo
The role of the artist is exactly the same as the role of the lover. If I love you, I have to make you conscious of the things you don’t see.” ― James Baldwin
Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl
No man should judge unless he asks himself in absolute honesty w he t he r in a similar situation he might not have done t he same.
Viktor E. Frankl
No man should judge unless he asks himself in absolute honesty w he t he r in a similar situation he might not have done t he same.
Daily Review | Readwise
think it’s for the same reason, actually, that we enjoy eating spicy food: what scientists call “benign masochism.” In a harsh world, it can be soothing to microdose shots of controlled pain. Comforting, to touch the scary parts of life without putting ourselves in real danger. Humor has always served this function; it allows us to express... See more
Tim Robinson and the Golden Age of Cringe Comedy (Published 2023)
“It's so simple, yet makes such a difference. Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, 'Make me feel important.'”
Brain Food: Maximum Flexibility
The way you choose to suffer is uniquely yours: “The fact that I’m me and no one else is one of my greatest assets… emotional hurt is the price a person has to pay in order to be independent” – Haruki Murakami