Living ethically
How to live, work, stay calm, and enjoy myself without destroying the world
Living ethically
"I’ve become convinced that what you need instead is a full-fledged philosophy of technology use, rooted in your deep values, that provides clear answers to the questions of what tools you should use and how you should use them and, equally important, enables you to confidently ignore everything else." (Cal Newport, Digital Minimalism)
This idea of multiplicity—the ability to accept multiple realities at once—is critical to healthy relationships
Dr. Becky Kennedy • Good Inside
substack, state of the culture, ted
When you’re practicing Illuminationism, you’re offering a gaze that says, “I want to get to know you and be known by you.” It’s a gaze that positively answers the question everybody is unconsciously asking themselves when they meet you: “Am I a person to you? Do you care about me? Am I a priority for you?” The answers to those questions are
... See moreDavid Brooks • How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
If there are only five people who will listen, who will live, who have their faces turned toward eternity, it will be sufficient. Of what use is it to have thousands who do not understand, who are fully embalmed in prejudice, who do not want the new, but would rather translate the new to suit their own sterile, stagnant selves? If I speak strongly,... See more
J. Krishnamurti • Total Freedom: The Essential Krishnamurti
And since technology is not value neutral, to be a technologist is to be inherently opinionated about how the world ought to be. Each act of creation is a statement about one particular means to an end being the best possible means. As Saffron Huang writes, “[b]ringing something into existence is in fact endorsing that thing itself. As we hurtle... See more
Rebecca • On being a technologist
True productivity is about doing more of what is in your Desire Zone and less of everything else.
Michael Hyatt • Free to Focus: A Total Productivity System to Achieve More by Doing Less
The Distraction Zone is made up of things that you are passionate about but sadly have little proficiency for.
Michael Hyatt • Free to Focus: A Total Productivity System to Achieve More by Doing Less
