Thought provoking
Thinking is fundamentally done alone
Lilly Chen • How Brainstory follows management principles
In any case one can’t get rid of the unconscious that easily. Here is a sentence analogous to “We have always been terraforming, so let’s do it consciously now”: “I know I’m an addict so now I’m going to drink fully aware of that fact.” Being aware of “unconscious biases” is a contradiction in terms. And there is a still more salient ecological obs
... See moreTimothy Morton • Dark Ecology
Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.
- Mary Oliver
To quote Derek Sivers, "If more information was the answer, then we'd all be billionaires with perfect abs."
Reality is for those who cannot face their dream.
Note by Slavoj Žižek on Substack
Slavoj Zizek
"I think about decisions in three ways: hats, haircuts, and tattoos.
Most decisions are like hats. Try one and if you don’t like it, put it back and try another. The cost of a mistake is low, so move quickly and try a bunch of hats.
Some decisions are like haircuts. You can fix a bad one, but it won’t be quick and you might feel foolish for awhile.
... See moreYoung people do not degenerate; this occurs only after grown men have already become corrupt,” wrote Montesquieu in the eighteenth century.1 Our children may take this statement to heart when they find that their elders are leaving them with a poorer future. Three-quarters of American adults today are not confident that their children will be bette
... See moreJoel Kotkin • The Coming of Neo-Feudalism
“Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.” — Jean-Paul Sartre