positive sum thinking

Concerns about population growth are emerging again. A 2020 survey found that 39 percent of youth worldwide are hesitant to have children in the future because of climate change.

Even Ehrlich is still at it. In October 2021, he wrote to the editors of Nature that scientists needed to get off of their “peacetime footing” to limit and prevent... See more

The environment needs more people, not fewer

aalex

this is provocative and probably true.

sari

“If we want a joyous life, we must think joyous thoughts. If we want a prosperous life, we must think prosperous thoughts. If we want a loving life, we must think loving thoughts. Whatever we send out mentally or verbally will come back to us in like form.”

― Louise L. Hay, You Can Heal Your Life

phoebe

What I appreciate most about the talent stack is that it opens us to more positive-sum games. Rather than competing head-on and trying to climb one global summit, the talent stack empowers us to be the best version of ourselves. It’s a lesson I wish they taught in school. It is the ultimate escape from competition.

Linda • How to develop your talent stack

andrea

aalex

good art makes you want to make your own art. it’s a positive sum game.

To really like my work I have to look at it with different eyes. I have to forget everyone who did it better or faster, and remind myself that no one has ever done it quite the way I have. I have to remind myself that the people I compare myself to probably compare themselves to others and that if they let their self-doubt keep them from creating... See more

Jenny Lawson (thebloggess) • Trial and error and error and error.

sari

A great new word: Pronoia Pronoia: the belief that the universe is conspiring in your favour – the opposite of paranoia.

sari

The Art of Asking: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help

Amanda Palmer • 5 highlights

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Cover of The Art of Asking: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help

sari

It's not slow and steady wins the race, but slow and steady keeps you on the right course, because there is no race.

sari