What man needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for a worthwhile goal, a freely chosen task. What he needs is not a homeostatic equilibrium, but rather the will to meaning, guiding him toward a future that is yet to be made his own.

- Viktor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning (via Max McCoy on youtube)

All knowledge is intuitive. Intelligence is a measure of presence.

What happens when children are denied this kind of spontaneous free play - denied the space to pretend? The most extreme end of research - and it is admittedly extreme - can be found in the work of psychiatrist Stuart Brown. After the 1966 shooting at the University of Texas, where Charles Whitman short forty-six people from the top of a tower on t

What people need most is confidence, not advice

(reminds me ot Tyler Cowen’s high value of raising people’s aspirations)

Dont aim for better ways to get through a task. Instead look for projects you never wanna stop doing. Surrender to your nature.