Reminders for myself
What risk are we radically underestimating as a species? What are we overestimating?
I think we’ve still underestimated the harms of scrolling. I am careful to say “scrolling” because I don’t think social media is itself a bad thing, nor do I think screens are uniformly bad. I think it’s specifically the act of scrolling, which forces us to ingest,... See more
I think we’ve still underestimated the harms of scrolling. I am careful to say “scrolling” because I don’t think social media is itself a bad thing, nor do I think screens are uniformly bad. I think it’s specifically the act of scrolling, which forces us to ingest,... See more
Nadia Asparouhova • Nadia Asparouhova on antimemetics, nuclear mysticism, and scrolling
“I was always ashamed to take. So I gave. It was not a virtue. It was a disguise.”
— Anaïs Nin
— Anaïs Nin
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The hardest truth about happiness is that it’s a choice.
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5 Classic Stoic Principles to Live By for a Happier Life
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“Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it well and serenely, and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sometimes disengaging is the best way to engage.
Rick Rubin
Your mind is programmable. If you’re not programming it, then someone else will program it for you