Thought provoking
by Andreas Vlach · updated 4mo ago
Thought provoking
- To quote Derek Sivers, "If more information was the answer, then we'd all be billionaires with perfect abs."
Andreas Vlach added 5mo ago
- However, when it comes to the current internet we have, the city where we live digitally, I can’t feel any message of ambition. Yes, Amazon told me, “You should buy more stuff,” Facebook told me, “You should talk to your friends,” Netflix told me, “You should have more entertainment.” But the Internet itself has no strong message, but a lot of nois... See more
from My Vision: A New City by Alan Chan
Andreas Vlach added 5mo ago
Pain is information, and information is painful. Rewiring your brain is not a frictionless process. Some knowledge can only be discovered the hard way.
The sooner you can convert pain into knowledge, the sooner you can experience the next useful pain. Don’t put yourself through the same pain too many times. To access new information you must experie
... See morefrom Pain Is Information by Stephan Ango
Andreas Vlach added 5mo ago
- We are all Frankenstein monsters—patchwork quilts of past experiences—trying to pass ourselves off as whole and cohesive things.
from Effort by Ava
Andreas Vlach added 5mo ago
CULTURE: from the Latin cultus, which means care.
from The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle
Andreas Vlach added 5mo ago
But the immunization that seeks to protect the body (and mind) of each citizen is an important reality. The forms of aversion multiply, the phobia toward contact spreads, and retreating into oneself becomes a spontaneous act. Indeed, it is precisely in this latter movement that we should make out the tendency of the citizen who distances himself fr
... See morefrom Immunodemocracy by Donatella Di Cesare und David Broder
Andreas Vlach added 6mo ago
Es ist wichtig zu verstehen, dass aufgrund des Placebo-Effekts jede Art von Therapie zu einer deutlichen Besserung des Gesundheitszustands führt – so esoterisch diese Therapien auch sein mögen (wie etwa die Rückführungstherapie, die Edelstein- bzw. Kristalltherapie, die Astrologie, Wallfahrten, Wasser aus den Quellen von Lourdes). Die Tatsache, das
... See morefrom Good Vibrations by Stefan Kölsch
Andreas Vlach added 6mo ago
- Reality is for those who cannot face their dream.
from Note by Slavoj Žižek on Substack
Andreas Vlach added 6mo ago
Slavoj Zizek
Regret is a time machine to the past.
Worry is a time machine to the future.
Gratitude is a time machine to the present.
from You Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson
Andreas Vlach added 6mo ago