shifting perspectives
things that make you change the way you see something
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shifting perspectives
The obsession with statistical norms has turned psychology into a system for pathologizing difference. Any deviation from statistical norms is labeled a "disorder." Instead of understanding the full spectrum of human experience, we rush to correct it.
This is precisely what Jung fought against.3 He saw this for what it was: not science, but... See more
This is precisely what Jung fought against.3 He saw this for what it was: not science, but... See more
Laura London • In Defense of Carl Jung: Beyond Scientific Dogma
FOMO is good. Being plugged in is good. There is valuable info at all levels from twitter gossip to philosophy books. You should stay plugged in. You can manage anxiety and beat the House without resorting to shaming social platforms into managing attention for you. That's a terrible yielding of agency.
Venkatesh Rao • Against Waldenponding - by Venkatesh Rao Against Waldenponding
“We’re pretty good at allowing our incorrect certainties to slowly fade into the background, without a crisis or reckoning. We gradually move on, now even more certain about the other things we’re certain of.
Resilience can be found by holding onto our certainties just a little less tightly. One way to do that is to remember just how often the old ones fade away.”
I want flower fields and overlook the seeds in my pocket.
Kristoffer • Eggs
on wanting
Poetry is the art of proving that a few words
are worth more than a thousand pictures.
are worth more than a thousand pictures.
Clintavo on Substack
Human cognitive limitations, feelings of intellectual inadequacy, and why AI’s lack of these limits is profoundly exciting
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Well, I don't know if you have this experience. I have this experience all the time. Well, two experiences I have all the time.
One is just like, I know I ought to be able to do this, but like, I just can't, like, it's going to take too long. You know, I want to write this thing, or I want to like, whatever, I want to have this theory on this
... See moreOne of my favorite examples of TAM’s irrelevance is Etsy. Early on, our peers were thinking, “How big could arts and crafts possibly be? I go to farmers markets, and maybe two or three people are polishing wooden bowls or selling earrings they’ve made in their free time. How many of those folks are there, and how many will actually use something... See more
Mario Gabriele • Modern Meditations: Danny Rimer
Danny Rimer’s most contrarian, high-conviction opinion