Life
philosophical content pointing us towards living a meaningful life
Life
But we’re living in an era when all the old rules seem to be changing, and when the most powerful people on earth ignore all the rules anyway. So might it be worth reassessing your lifelong strategy of following the rules as dutifully as possible?
The Imperfectionist: Do what you want
The ability to enter into Bookworld is murdered by saying your account number out loud. I don’t know why that’s so, it just is.
New Japan, NYC, Soderbergh Bonanza, Too Much Movement — Roden Newsletter Archive
To buying that envelope, to bumping into strangers, to stepping out, to the fire engines and the great-looking babies. And of course, to the dancing animals.
I saw this quote last week via @sambookshelf and was reminded, once again, how much the pandemic forbade our “dancing animals” — the joy one gets chatting with a... See more
instagram.com... See moreYou’re never so centered on yourself as when you’re depressed. You’re never so ready to forget yourself as when you are happy. Happiness releases you from self. It is suffering and pain and misery and depression that tie you to the self. Look how conscious you are of your tooth when you have a toothache. When you don’t have a toothache, you’re not
By Anthony De Mello, from the book, Awareness.
From the May 30, 2025 edition of Tim Ferriss’s 5-Bullet Friday email newsletter.
The hyperreal doesn’t mimic or imitate reality. It replaces reality altogether, making it nearly impossible for us to determine what is real, what isn’t.
meet clout-as-a-service: where weaponised FOMO meets digital gaslighting
I had some abstract awareness of clout-as-a-service, but this post really fucked my shit up.
If you have something worth spreading, it’s considerate to spread it widely, to reach people through their favorite medium.
I was inconsiderate but now I’m everywhere | Derek Sivers
I don’t want to go live in a cabin and swear off AI.
I want a world where “slow AI” doesn’t sound like such an oxymoron.
Where we collectively stop falling for the empty promise of doing more, faster.
And focus on doing less, better.
The goal can’t be making more stuff.
It has to be making something wonderful.
Source: Sari Azout