Thought provoking
I have noticed that when all the lights are on, people tend to talk about what they are doing – their outer lives. Sitting round in candlelight or firelight, people start to talk about how they are feeling – their inner lives. They speak subjectively, they argue less, there are longer pauses.
To sit alone without any electric light is curiously... See more
To sit alone without any electric light is curiously... See more
Jeanette Winterson • Why I Adore the Night, by Jeanette Winterson
We like to pretend that our generous impulses come naturally. But the reality is we often become our kindest, most ethical selves only by seeing what it feels like to be a selfish jackass first. It's the reason... we have to get burned before we understand the power of fire; the reason our most meaningful relationships are so often those that
... See morecheryl strayed • Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice from Dear Sugar
what if public libraries were open late every night and we could engage in public life there instead of having to choose between drinking at the bar and domestic isolation
Erin Glasstwitter.com
“The cure for imposter syndrome is to realize that all the other people are just convincing imposters, too.” – Alison Gopnik
Morgan Housel • Makes You Think
We are so obsessed with seeing if AI can do the things we do, but the real potential is things humans are in capable of. What can’t you do that is now possible? 
In some corners of the Internet there’s a fascination with traditionalism, and criticism of the ways the openness and optionality of modernity have left people feeling lost. I’ve always felt like, look, I could never be a traditionalist, because I don’t want to give birth to five kids without anesthesia and spend half of my day cleaning up around... See more