Thought provoking
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 moreDonatella Di Cesare und David Broder • Immunodemocracy
Regret is a time machine to the past.
Worry is a time machine to the future.
Gratitude is a time machine to the present.
Andrea Gibson • You Better Be Lightning
Ichi-go ichi-e
en.m.wikipedia.org
To quote Derek Sivers, "If more information was the answer, then we'd all be billionaires with perfect abs."
“Every human being must have a point at which he stands against the culture, where he says, "This is me and the world be damned!" Leaders have always been the ones to stand against the society — Socrates, Christ, Freud, all the way down the line.” — Rollo May
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 moreStephan Ango • Pain Is Information
CULTURE: from the Latin cultus, which means care.
Daniel Coyle • The Culture Code
Thinking is fundamentally done alone
Lilly Chen • How Brainstory follows management principles
If God wanted us to build Type 1 Civilization, he would have:
1. put a giant fusion reactor in the sky
(emitting blackbody radiation around 5800 K)
2. made 28% of Earth's crust out of a semiconductor with a matching bandgap (~1.1 eV or so)
3. filled the oceans with an alkali… Show more