Politics
Whenever we are unsure how to act, we look to the group to guide our behavior. We are constantly scanning our environment and wondering, “What is everyone else doing?” We check reviews on Amazon or Yelp or TripAdvisor because we want to imitate the “best” buying, eating, and travel habits. It’s usually a smart strategy. There is evidence in
... See moreJames Clear • Atomic Habits: the life-changing million-copy #1 bestseller
Was aber infolge eines nicht auskömmlich finanzierten öffentlichen Raumes, der diesen Titel wegen seiner Infrastruktur-Dysfunktionalität sowohl auf der technischen Seite (Straßen, Schienen, Netz und so weiter) als auch auf der sozialen Seite (Universitäten, Kitas, Hallenbäder und so weiter) kaum verdient, tatsächlich geschwächt und eben nicht... See more
Sondervermögen für Infrastruktur: Marode in Germany
Millions of people — and white people in particular — would rather endure physical isolation, generalized loneliness, caregiving exhaustion, and financial precarity than relinquish some of their societal power. That’s a far less optimistic foundational myth than individualism. But it’s a far more honest one.
The Dark Heart of Individualism
And you can also commit injustice by doing nothing. —Meditations 9.5
She told me that twenty years from now, she thinks work will look like waking up in the morning, opening a device, and deciding the character and length of work that you’d like to do: a quick, day’s long project, a year-long commitment, whatever works for you, the worker, in that moment. Everyone a freelancer, everyone in control of the work
... See moreAnne Helen Petersen • How Our System Revenges Rest
We’ve reached what Tocqueville described: downright egotism. It’s the ideological wall I find impossible to scale: I don’t know how to make you care about other people.
The Dark Heart of Individualism
