manifestory

on writing new stories of life into being

Gravitas: “I care, and it’s important.” Sermons, manifestos.

Self-deprecation: “I care, but it’s not important.” Hobbies, fandoms, being nerdsniped, “merely” personal wishes.

Irreverence: “It’s important, but I don’t care.” Edgy jokes, shitposts, grifts, procrastination.

Disdain: “It’s not important and I don’t care.” Actual indifference/silence; hips... See more

Sarah Constantin • Sarah Constantin (@sarahconstantin)

a company is an egregore (the shared mind between the humans who make it). A country is an egregore. A small town is an egregore. A friend group is an egregore.

You can do experiments on your friend group, find patterns, then see if they hold across other scales

Defender • Tweet

“There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, but there have been no societies that did not tell stories.”

―ursula le guin

kind of shocked at how much mental energy is freed up if we stop trying to be special and important

nihilism disrespecter • Tweet

Tired: Rushing to quick answers or public declarations Wired: Sitting with questions, refining them in trusted company, and waiting until the shape of truth emerges

Yancey Strickler x.com

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— Dostoevsky, The Possessed https://t.co/soHxCd6JAz

Infinite Books

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"Remember to imagine and craft the worlds you cannot live without, just as you dismantle the ones you cannot live within."

Ruha Benjamin

the hero's journey sometimes gets formulated as "you must go into the unknown, & bring something back"

I think there's a second, overlooked way: "you must go into the unknown - & bring others with you."

some people never 'come back' - they discover somewhere new & stay there

Rudra Dakini • Tweet

i cannot overstate how big the difference is between

a - learning a map, then venturing into the territory, and

b - venturing through the territory, then finding out there are maps