provocations

provocative ideas, musings, and statements to mull on

Silence is not just the absence of noise but the presence of truth.

Journaling is a terrible solution to negative feelings I never understood why people recommend this. Writing is thinking. The more you write the more you ruminate and the unhappier you become. Writing is the last thing you should be doing when you’re feeling down:

Sherry x.com

alex

It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance.

Thomas Sowell, “A childish letter” for Jewish World Review (1998)

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the goal is not to like every person we meet. the goal is to like ourselves with every person we meet.

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Drift • Tweet

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When the Industrial Revolution made it possible to live lives without physical exertion, going to the gym became necessary to stay fit. Equally, now that the AI Revolution has made it possible to live without mental exertion, we need the mental equivalent of gyms to stay sharp.

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How come what you say and do, don’t match, is always a good place to start.

مريم حسنا x.com

andrea

"When it comes to utility and efficiency, we are misanthropists. We actually kind of hate other humans." - @cpaik, partner @PaceCap "When you're in an Uber and (the driver) starts talking to you, you wish you were in a Waymo." "We are actually very happy with humans being removed from these... See more

TBPN x.com

sari

One of the most valuable mental heuristics i’ve adopted for my life is: “what you have is what you deserve” This doesn’t mean you don’t have the potential to become the type of person who “deserves better”. You do. Probably 10X or even 100x so. But you, as you... See more

Max x.com

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