Natasha Wiscombe
@natashawiscombe1
Natasha Wiscombe
@natashawiscombe1
I want work that is meaningful and rewarding but that also allows me to pick up my kids from school or edit this book from a beach house. I don’t want to be shackled to a desk in some tower from nine to five, Monday to Friday. But I also don’t want a life where I sit at this desk in my house, in the same sweatpants, day in and day out, logging in
... See moreThe good life is one inspired by love
and guided by knowledge.
(Bertrand Russell)
Walking the path reveals more of the map
Self-knowledge is obviously a process, not an end in itself; and to know oneself, one must be aware of oneself in action, which is relationship. You discover yourself, not in isolation, not in withdrawal, but in relationship—in relationship to society, to your wife, your husband, your brother, to man; but to discover how you react, what your
... See more“A talent for speaking differently, rather than for arguing well, is the chief instrument of cultural change.”
― Richard Rorty
Countercultures tend to be educated middle-class individuals who self-isolate based on alternative value systems — e.g. hippies, radical political movements, religious cults.