Thought provoking
Our partners aren’t uniquely damaged. We just know them a lot better than the exciting stranger. Our partner suffers from the disadvantages of incumbency: of having been in our lives for so long that we have had the opportunity to be patiently introduced to the full range of their inadequacies. Our certainty that we might be happier with another
... See moreAlain De Botton • The School of Life: An Emotional Education
I've tried it all — walks, deadlines, formulas, fasting, thieving, reading old ads, sprinting through the park, cafes with no wi-fi, foyers with Coca-Cola. Here's the only thing I've worked out.
Big ideas are less about creativity and more about conviction.
In fact, I think your conviction in an idea is more important than the idea itself. You have
... See moreAll of this research shows that we are the great masterworks of our own storytelling minds—figments of our own imaginations. We think of ourselves as very stable and real. But our memories constrain our self-creation less than we think, and they are constantly being distorted by our hopes and dreams. Until the day we die, we are living the story of
... See moreJonathan Gottschall • The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human
Ultimately, she said, a world made up of atomized, physically isolated people is a world without a true shared reality—which is a recipe for civic disengagement, misinformation, and perhaps even political extremism.
Allie Conti • We Really Should Hang Out More Often
I think people would be better off if they learned to use the whole earth. All five senses. the world is a very sensual place you know. People joke by saying "touch grass" but its much more than that. There's so much more. It's really there.
Simon Sarrisx.comLife Philosophy
Understanding Yourself
You don't have direct access to reality—no one does.
Your brain constructs reality from bits of incoming information. What you perceive is a simulation crafted by your mind. Remarkably, you have the power to shape this simulation into either a heaven or a hell.
Your beliefs shape your capabilities.
"Whether you... See more
Understanding Yourself
You don't have direct access to reality—no one does.
Your brain constructs reality from bits of incoming information. What you perceive is a simulation crafted by your mind. Remarkably, you have the power to shape this simulation into either a heaven or a hell.
Your beliefs shape your capabilities.
"Whether you... See more
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As far as how humans connect to one another, what’s next appears to be group chats and private messaging and forums, returning back to a time when we mostly just talked to the people we know. Maybe that’s a better, less problematic way to live life. Maybe feed and algorithms and the “global town square” were a bad idea. But I find myself... See more