Simple happiness
Drivers of happiness
Simple happiness
The phenomena of decision fatigue can affect even the most rational and intelligent individuals, as everyone can become mentally exhausted. The more decisions made throughout the day, the harder each decision becomes for us. Eventually, the brain looks for shortcuts to circumvent decision fatigue, leading to poor decision-making.
Decision Fatigue - The Decision Lab
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
Darrow says of refugee Reds living in Tinos:
... See moreI stare down at the city, unable to find the words I need to say. I feel like a prisoner who spent his whole life digging through the wall, only to break through and find he’s only dug into another cell. Except there will always be another cell. And another. And another. These people are not living. They
from Pierce Brown’s Morning Star pg. 71
Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.
-Anne Lamott
All that we have is that shout into the wind—how we live. How we go. And how we stand before we fall.
-Karnus au Bellona
from Pierce Brown’s Morning Star pg. 269
Solve problems, not symptoms!
Symptom-Fixer vs System-Changer—who are you?
Change the inputs to make meaningful change
From a presentation given by a staff member of VFA (Venture for America, currently shuttered)