rob hardy
@robhardy
writer of manifestos, petter of cats. in devotional pursuit of a more beautiful internet 🌱
rob hardy
ungated.life
It's all well and good to open yourself to the world, to make yourself soft and receptive and vulnerable. But if you don't also stand up for yourself in the face of injustice, the parts of you that you exposed and left undefended will become corrupt, cowardly and full of hate.
Vivid Void • Tweet
"It is not enough for a man to feel the divine flame burning in him; unless he goes into the concentrated, slogging business of learning the techniques of expression, his genius will be of no use to anyone." —Oswald Chambers
Matt Cardin • Tweet
The social and political philosopher John Rawls’ thought experiment known as the “veil of ignorance,” proposed in his influential 1971 work A Theory of Justice, provides a useful framework for these questions. When creating the foundations for an ideal society, Rawls contends, we should imagine that we do not know where we ourselves would fall... See more
Katie Parrott • A Theory of Justice for Web3
perfection is an abstract concept. It takes an abstract mind to grasp its meaning and to cherish a vision that does not exist in the concrete world. Facility with abstraction is the sine qua non of giftedness; this quality differentiates the gifted from others throughout the lifespan.
Dr. Linda Silverman • Perfectionism: the Crucible of Giftedness
How many dreams are abandoned for fear of looking stupid in the eyes of those who never think about us at all
Dylan O'Sullivan • Dylan O'Sullivan on Substack
self renewal and
if you're trying to slay Moloch in any realm other than the territory of the human heart, you're gonna fail over, and over
you might fail in interesting and scintillating ways -- but you're gonna fail
you might fail in interesting and scintillating ways -- but you're gonna fail
River Kenna • Tweet
Moloch and
A perfectionist in a maladaptive mindset feels as if they already “lost” at being whole, good enough, or acceptable as they are. Maladaptive perfectionists strive to achieve goals (including interpersonal goals like people-pleasing) in the hope that others don’t feel empty-handed in their presence.
Katherine Morgan Schafler • The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control
The Forest and
the hero's journey sometimes gets formulated as "you must go into the unknown, & bring something back"
I think there's a second, overlooked way: "you must go into the unknown - & bring others with you."
some people never 'come back' - they discover somewhere new & stay there
I think there's a second, overlooked way: "you must go into the unknown - & bring others with you."
some people never 'come back' - they discover somewhere new & stay there
Rudra Dakini • Tweet
the frontier and