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Kaczynski believed modern society made us docile and miserable by depriving us of fulfilling challenges and eroding our sense of purpose. The brain evolved to solve problems, but the problems it had evolved for were now largely solved by technology. Most of us can now obtain all our basic necessities simply by being obedient, like a pigeon pecking... See more
Why Everything is Becoming a Game
We should be wary of a culture that treats relational rupture as a form of self-care. Human development does not occur inside bubbles of self-righteousness. It occurs through friction, disappointment, repair, and humility.
Brooklyn Beckham just made cutting your parents off a lifestyle choice
Today, we’re not just creatively stunted, inefficient and unsatisfied...
We’re actively sabotaging ourselves.
And worse, we’re calling it business as usual.
We’re actively sabotaging ourselves.
And worse, we’re calling it business as usual.
Matt Klein • Self-Sabotaging Innovation: The Art of Doing Dumb Shit
“It’s frustrating feeling like you are always waiting for someone to say yes”
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relatable on many levels
Sherry Ning wrote recently about this exact phenomenon in her piece how lucky are you allowed to get:
When I ask my friends how things are going and they’re doing well, they get shy. Most people can tolerate only a moderate dose of happiness before they begin to self-regulate. They grow suspicious of their own good fortune like they’ve stumbled upon... See more
When I ask my friends how things are going and they’re doing well, they get shy. Most people can tolerate only a moderate dose of happiness before they begin to self-regulate. They grow suspicious of their own good fortune like they’ve stumbled upon... See more
too much joy is exactly enough
Lucy finds herself torn between the cynicism and mathematical practicality her job has hardened in her and a yearning romanticism she wishes she could be open to.
Dakota Johnson and director Celine Song rethink the rom-com with 'Materialists'
how much of this is us right now?
The playful wildness that made them successful gets replaced by increasingly hollow repetition as they struggle to maintain the career they worked so hard to achieve.
—Henrik Karlsson, being creative requires risk