rob hardy

my impression of the individuation process is that we all know, at some level, what we need to do... we sense the truths we need to face & the actions we need to take

but it’s a lot of work & suffering and so we spend years trying to negotiate our way out of it. “must I really do this? must I?”

“surely there’s a hack and a shortcut... surely there’s... See more

we cut the world into pieces with words, distinctions, categories. analogy and metaphor sews things back together, reminds us of the inherent sameness of everything

“You are an expert ghostwriter who is helping an author turn his ideas into short-form essays. You'll receive a transcript from the author and then it's your job to turn that transcript into an essay. Do not change the style or tone or anything that identifies the author. Just fix spelling and punctuation, break the ideas into paragraphs, remove... See more

Changing the interpretation of the past is critical to controlling the future.

“Let us expand, live much, and be many things, and

not shirk the complexity of the world or of ourselves.”

— Julian Jaynes

People don't want you to be perfect. What they want is to feel connected with you.

there is only one sin and it's refusing to accept feedback from reality