Human Behavior

“Notice that, while lots of people are happy to tell you about Golden Ages, nobody ever seems to think one is happening right now. Maybe that’s because the only place a Golden Age can ever happen is in our memory.” – Adam Mastroianni

Prashanth Narayan

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (Illustrated Edition)

Charles Mackay • 2 highlights

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the duality of a man

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Stuart Evans

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everyone thinks the golden age of society is when they happened to be an adolescent

Advice Gets Good When It Gets Specific

David Cain raptitude.com

Supritha S

I hated labels anyway. People didn't fit in slots--prostitute, housewife, saint--like sorting the mail. We were so mutable, fluid with fear and desire, ideals and angles, changeable as water.

Janet Fitch • White Oleander (Oprah's Book Club)

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Our brains come preset to look at life up close. Don't forget to zoom out. https://t.co/zdJ5L7VmGF

Tim Urban

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Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi • 6 highlights

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Jay Matthews

Lecture I: Introduction to Mimetic Theory | René Girard's Mimetic Theory

David Perell youtube.com

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