rob hardy

Plenty of the “creator economy” offers simply monetize a feeling of possibility rather than a concrete outcome.

And, technically, nothing wrong with that, as long as we all know what the game is.

a successful malignant ideology will promise to make your life better while actually sabotaging it and making it worse in ways that seem to prove the ideology correct. the more you follow it, the worse everything gets, while you become more and more devoted to it. demonic even.

if you're dealing with insecurity or impostor syndrome I recommend not having a life narrative. you can just do your best at whatever task and connect with whomever seems to welcome connection if you're not worried how it fits into your life story

Forgiveness Prayer

In this moment of stillness,

I release the weight of past hurts and grievances,

Letting them dissolve like morning mist in the warmth of understanding.

To those who have caused me pain:

I acknowledge that you, too, were walking your own difficult path.

Your actions, though they wounded me,

Were born from your own struggles, fears, and... See more

The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.

— H. L. Mencken

"Your worst sin is that you've destroyed and betrayed yourself for the Algorithm."

- Dostoevsky, 2024

The only thing you can do is be a living proof.

The obsession with statistical norms has turned psychology into a system for pathologizing difference. Any deviation from statistical norms is labeled a "disorder." Instead of understanding the full spectrum of human experience, we rush to correct it.

This is precisely what Jung fought against.3 He saw this for what it was: not science, but... See more