Living ethically
How to live, work, stay calm, and enjoy myself without destroying the world
Living ethically
When you’re first getting to know someone, you don’t want to try to peer into their souls right away. It’s best to look at something together.
David Brooks • How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
"I frequently worry that being productive is the surest way to lull ourselves into a trance of passivity and busyness the greatest distraction from living, as we coast through our lives day after day, showing up for our obligations but being absent from our selves, mistaking the doing for the being." — Maria Popova
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
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
"Embracing risk, fear, and rejection gives you the power to transform your life."
– Million Dollar Weekend: The Surprisingly Simple Way to Launch a 7-Figure Business in 48 Hours von Noah Kagan
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– Million Dollar Weekend: The Surprisingly Simple Way to Launch a 7-Figure Business in 48 Hours von Noah Kagan
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"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)
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
This is the great paradox of behavior change. If you try to change your life all at once, you will quickly find yourself pulled back into the same patterns as before. But if you merely focus on changing your normal day, you will find your life changes naturally as a side effect.
James Clear • The Paradox of Behavior Change
If we’re not careful, we can get stuck in the Disinterest Zone for years, maybe decades, simply because it’s what pays the bills.