Rishi
@rishi.d
Rishi
Many things in modernity are brain dead, but I can’t think of anything worse than the short form dystopias of TikTok and Instagram. They’re materially making people dumber, breeding addict behavior (particularly in the young) and ultimately ruining the lives of normies. It’s depressing to think about the countless kids who might have started garage... See more
Adam Singer • TikTok and Instagram are intellectual poison
when our sense of a subjective “I” disintegrates,
Michael Pollan • How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
"When death finds you, may it find you alive."
-African proverb
-African proverb
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Yatú: Head of Fiction is Norm. Head of Reality is me.
(USB club job titles the co-founders have themselves)
जहाँ भी स्थूलता एवं वर्णन के संकट में फँसने का भय है, उस ओर कवि-कल्पना जाना नहीं चाहती। लेकिन, स्थूलता और वर्णन के संकट का मुकाबला किए बिना कथा-काव्य लिखनेवाले का काम नहीं चल सकता।
Ramdhari Singh Dinkar • Rashmi Rathi (Hindi)
Leaders Ask Themselves -
Does it need a facelift?
Does it need an overhaul?
Does it need a funeral?
Caring is an independent primary variable . You have to care first before agreeing or disagreeing can mean anything. And to do that you have to have a surplus capacity to care beyond caring about yourself, by working the “caring muscle.”
Venkatesh Rao • Venkatesh Rao on Substack
Surprising detail is a near universal property of getting up close and personal with reality.
johnsalvatier.org • Reality has a surprising amount of detail
