OTS feels like a symptom of a deeply American addiction to growth: that we always have to keep pushing ourselves forward, no matter the costs, to feel some measure of success, some modicum of personal and societal gratification. Itâs like turning all the worst late-stage capitalism work habits onto our bodies . It makes no sense, but it makes total... See more
Chomsky and Robinson also acknowledge that other great powers acted in much the same way that the United States has, and these states also invented elaborate moral justificationsâthe âwhite manâs burden,â la mission civilisatrice, the need to protect socialismâto whitewash their atrocious conduct. Given that this behavior preceded the emergence of ... See more
The better life you absolutely can build isnât going to be brought to you by ChatGPT but by your own steady uphill clawing and through careful management of your own expectations. You live here. This is it.
Many people who are talented in their various fields have access to insight they canât share with others. They simply see something we canât. They try to describe itâpicture any Paris Review interviewâand often hearing them talk about their process is interesting and informative. But theyâre unable to describe the core thingâwhat gives them the sto... See more
Hard work isnât always the work that takes the most time, or the work that gets paid the most. The hardest work is the work that challenges, makes us uncomfortable, or requires change. If we actually value hard work â we have to do some of our own.
After reading a large number of business school case studies, a friend of UCLA business strategy professor Richard Rumelt observed to him that ââit looks to me as if there is really only one question youâre asking in each case: Whatâs going on here?ââ Rumelt writes: âit was something Iâve never heard said explicitly but it was instantly and obvious... See more