Philip Soriano
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Philip Soriano
The insatiable goals to acquire more, succeed conspicuously, and be as attractive as possible lead us to objectify one another, and even ourselves. When people see themselves as little more than their attractive bodies, jobs, or bank accounts, it brings great suffering…You become a heartless taskmaster to yourself, seeing yourself as nothing more
... See moreArthur C. Brooks • The Satisfaction Trap
We evolved to crave sugar because it was a scarce source of energy. But when we learned to produce it on an industrial scale, suddenly our love for sweet things became a liability. The same is now true of data. In an age of information overabundance, our curiosity, which once focused us, now distracts us. And it’s led to an epidemic of intellectual... See more
Gurwinder • The Intellectual Obesity Crisis
With immense honor, my wife Eva and I are beyond thrilled to announce our recent donation of Chris Burden's Path to Xanadu to @LACMA, now part of the museum’s permanent collection!
Matt Zhang • Tweet
While you may or may not have sensed the specific energy centers that I have just described, you’re probably familiar with most of the issues that they govern. For example, you may have experienced terror at some point in your life and felt a sense of shakiness in your legs and a lack of groundedness. Conversely, you may have at one time felt a
... See moreJohn J. Prendergast • In Touch
There’s a quote from Bismarck that says, in effect, any fool can learn from experience. The trick is to learn from other people’s experience. This book started around the latter idea and to my surprise ended up with a painful amount of the former as well.
Ryan Holiday • Ego Is the Enemy
Not using a phone taught me what a phone is really for. It’s not for communicating with other people, getting directions, reading articles, looking at pictures, shopping for products, or playing games. A phone is a device for muting the anxieties proper to being alive. This is what all its functions and features ultimately achieve: cameras deliver... See more
Ultra-endurance athlete Rich Roll explains the practices that fuel transformation
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