personality

We were hunters and gatherers. Being a teenager means you’re desperately trying to be understood and to find yourself.

It’s curious how society praises authenticity in theory but punishes it in practice.

But isn’t this exactly what Orwell warned us about — the erosion of critical thought beneath the weight of collective compliance? Isn’t this what Bradbury feared, that in the pursuit of comfort, we would stop asking questions altogether? The most radical thing we can do is to question what we are told, even when the answers unsettle us. Especially... See more

Creating diverse ecosystems is hard for humans because they like to do whatever everyone else is doing, even when they know it’s wrong. So when you’re trying to be a mammal and you see someone else trying to be a lizard, you might think they’re just doing a bad job being a mammal

Falling victim to comparison is not the same thing as picturing yourself inside of a daydream

I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life. And I am horribly limited

am i this tiny, tinkering town? am i the books i’ve read? am i my ravenous lust, my unraveling greed? oil over nipple, a plate of collard greens?

am i the hand-print on the wall? am i the metal lining from the cloud that rains acid?

and it’s not just youth... or just you. You don’t grow out of it or into it. it’s like wearing a second skin and... See more

Fantasy and imagination are the most potent drugs

To step outside of this hamster wheel is to risk being seen as lazy, indifferent, or worse, unremarkable. And yet, what is bravery if not the willingness to be misunderstood?