Human behavior
How we think and feel
Human behavior
Who becomes a good sailor without knowledge of storms?
Martin Shaw • Navigating the Mysteries
Wisdom lies in correctly discerning where we are free to mold reality to our desires and where we must accept the unaltered with tranquility.
– Seneca
– Seneca
“Research shows that every time the size of a city doubles, innovation or productivity per resident increases by 15 percent. But when companies get bigger, innovation or productivity per employee generally goes down.”
Brian J. Robertson • Holacracy: The New Management System for a Rapidly Changing World
“Too many parents make life hard for their children by trying, too zealously, to make it easy for them.”
Lori Gottlieb • Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
human belief systems are good at absorbing contradictions into their thinking.
Richard Holloway • Stories We Tell Ourselves: Making Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
The Satoshi mic drop is the greatest entrepreneurial act I have ever witnessed. They created what has become a 1.4 Trillion economy and then just walked away. They gave it to the world and said "it is yours". -Fred Wilson AVC May 23, 2024
“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
In general, even the worst atrocities typically have been committed not simply because they are bad but as a side effect of other actions or as a means to some other end.
William MacAskill • What We Owe the Future
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.