to be human
she reminds me that you can be dedicated and still have equanimity, that it is possible to have extremely high standards and still approach things lightly. That just because you worry more, doesn’t mean you care more. There’s a big lesson in there for people like me.
Things I'm thinking about
- Prince Andrei Bolkonsky: There must be something you want to do.
- Pierre Bezukhov: I want to discover... everything! I want to discover why I know what's right and still do what's wrong. I want to discover what happiness is, and what value there is in suffering. I want to discover why men go to war, and what they really say deep in their hearts when
War and Peace (1956) - Quotes - IMDb
In what ways is my judgment about them actually about something I judge myself for?
Pimethy • A few questions to use in the moment
To me, challenging doesn’t look like the person who just grinds through a project to get it done, sacrificing sleep, family, or any semblance of balance. While brute force may be effective short -term, I’m convinced it doesn’t lend itself to sustainable creativity, joy, or meaning (and sustainability is everything – from a biological and mathematic... See more
Unknown • Challenging * Mattering = Meaningful
The real question is, where does scarcity still exist? It exists where it has always existed—in the distribution layer, with the limits on human attention. Artificial intelligence can generate abundance in creation, it can even create new currencies, but it cannot convert attention into currency. Only human beings can do that.
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