Philosophy
Brian Sholis and
Philosophy
The experience of affective friction is similar as well: a loss of fluency combined with negative emotional signals arising from the gap between social expectations and realities. Even when the difference between an old norm and a new one replacing it seems trivial, the disruptions caused by the shift can create feelings of anxiety, awkwardness –... See more
Affective friction is a perfect term to explain autism
Wu Wei
The art of effortless action.
Being at peace while engaged in the most frenetic tasks so that one can carry these out with maximum skill and efficiency.
Being ‘in the zone’ – at one with what we are doing, in a state of profound concentration and flow.
Einstein’s Dreams: Physicist Alan Lightman’s Poetic Exploration of Time and the Antidote to the Anxiety of Aliveness – The Marginalian
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