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nico λ
nicomee.com
More and more, I think my issues with conventional productivity advice – indeed, with the very notion of productivity – boil down to this: Spending your days trying to get through a list of things you feel you have to do is a fundamentally joyless and soul-destroying way to live; and most productivity problems, like distraction or procrastination... See more
Preferring disconnected self-assurance and nostalgia to more honest portrayals of the world, and frequently looking to anti-intellectual grifters as leaders, the modern conservative movement never misses the opportunity to embarrass itself; always arriving to the scene a day late and a dollar short.
The Rise of the LinkedIn Right
When I talk about taste in business, I mean the ability to consistently make decisions that demonstrate respect for your audience, show deep empathy for their needs, and deliver aesthetically-pleasing experiences that drive positive business outcomes.
Maybe it’s a vague sense of anxiety, low self-esteem, fear, or a general discontentment that seems to bleed out onto everything else.
Brianna Wiest • The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery
"Back then, all of us drank too much. The more in tune with the times we were, the more we drank. And none of us contributed anything new"
- The Great Gatsby
- The Great Gatsby
Back then, all of us drank too much. The more in tune with
“There is an emptiness in us all that we strive to fill. If it doesn’t get filled with something noble and elevated, modern society will quickly pump it full of garbage. That has been true since the beginning of the age of mass media, but the garbage pump got 100 times more powerful in the 2010s.”
'The Anxious Generation': Things Are Worse Than We Realized
Almost every time I meet somebody who I'd consider to be a genius, I discover that they have some debilitating inhibition like severe insomnia, addiction, mania, or paranoia. Nature trades in fine balances. Rare is the one who gets the gift but not the curse.
David Perellx.comBut I was learning that succeeding at a research institution like Penn required skills that had little to do with science. You needed the ability to sell yourself and your work. You needed to attract funding. You needed the kind of interpersonal savvy that got you invited to speak at conferences and made people eager to mentor and support you. You... See more
The Weird Nerd comes with trade-offs
Studies have shown promise in treating Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s with GLP-1 drugs, perhaps by regulating insulin levels and reducing inflammation, and the drugs may yet prove useful in treating many other conditions made worse by chronic inflammation. Some studies have found large decreases in the risk of depression and anxiety; others found... See more