rob hardy
@robhardy
writer of manifestos, petter of cats. in devotional pursuit of a more beautiful internet 🌱
rob hardy
ungated.life
1. Manifestos usually include a list of numbered tenets.
The format has been de rigeur since at least as far back as The Declaration of the Rights of Man (1789). It conveys a sense of urgency and straight talk. This is also why manifestos feel so contemporary: their close resemblance to click-bait top 10 lists.
Julian Hanna • The 10 Things All Great Manifestos Need
“A principle isn’t a principle until it costs you something.” — Bill Bernbach
Quotes and
What would your life look like if you actually had no agency around each problem you are currently facing. Describe the details of a zero agency life.
Joe Hudson • Tweet
Yin is allowing energy to flow where it will, without interference.
Yang is driving energy where it otherwise wouldn’t go.
River Kenna • Yin, Yang, Mistakes, Metis
life is heavy enough without you adding your own self-seriousness to it, you've got to learn to take yourself lightly, life falls into place after that
Dylano on Substack
self renewal and
“Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky
― Fyodor Dostoevsky
Dylan O'Sullivan • Tweet
Progression:
Simple and wrong
Complicated and wrong
Complicated and right
Simple and right
midwit and simplicity
