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BE THE SECOND-BRAVEST PERSON
Adam Mastroianni • Underrated Ways to Change the World
powerful headline
The most human part of humanity is not our animal instincts nor our computer-like rationality, but our mutual social creation of meanings and values around arbitrary choices.
Do you understand his temperament as an act of denial or an act of acceptance?
What an interesting question. I’ve never been asked that before. I suppose I understand his temperament mostly as a great gift.
I’m not trying to deny my father the credit he deserves. I know my father made a great many decisions about the kind of life he wanted to live... See more
What an interesting question. I’ve never been asked that before. I suppose I understand his temperament mostly as a great gift.
I’m not trying to deny my father the credit he deserves. I know my father made a great many decisions about the kind of life he wanted to live... See more
Opinion | Our Lives Are an Endless Series of ‘And’
Few things shock me like my own forgetfulness.
Frederik Gieschen • Revisiting 2023: Books and Podcasts
The False Promise of Understanding Yourself
open.substack.com
via Max Nussenbaum
“So preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.” While
Of course the thing about beginning again — about starting over midway through is that you have to be willing to watch yourself die.
I learned that from writing this newsletter.
Next week, it will be three years since I launched the cereal aisle, and I think the most important thing I have learned in the time since is that rebirth is on the other... See more
I learned that from writing this newsletter.
Next week, it will be three years since I launched the cereal aisle, and I think the most important thing I have learned in the time since is that rebirth is on the other... See more
Leandra Medine Cohen • Three years of cereal
Leandra Medine reflecting on three years of her newsletter - touches on fame, rebirth, meaning…
How to avoid cynicism:
Act in ways opposite to your instinct. If you hate something, find out more about it. Again ask 'What is this?', 'Who made this?', 'Who is this for?' Genuinely. Never stop doing this"
-via @being_on_line