rob hardy
@robhardy
writer of manifestos, petter of cats. in devotional pursuit of a more beautiful internet 🌱
rob hardy
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Humility is not thinking less of yourself. It’s thinking of yourself less.
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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
The Universe has a history only because we are here to tell it.
Marcelo Gleiser • The Dawn of a Mindful Universe: A Manifesto for Humanity's Future
On your deathbed, you won't wish you had argued more on Twitter. But you will wish you had written more manifestos staking out bold positions and claims to good faith audiences.
RandomSprint • Tweet
I think of writing a lot like walking. It’s rarely the most popular, the most effective, or the most efficient way of getting to your destination. I don’t always want to do it, and it’s not always technically enjoyable; sometimes it’s boring or slow, sometimes it’s tiring and pointless, sometimes it’s cold or wet or windy and I’m retracing the same... See more
Rayne Fisher-Quann • Choosing to Walk
Astronaut Scott Kelly on intelligence:
“The smartest person in the room, I’ve learned, is usually the person who knows how to tap into the intelligence of every person in the room.”
An ideology parasitizes the mind, changing the host’s behavior so they spread it to other people. Therefore, a successful ideology (the only kind we hear about) is not configured to be true; it is configured only to be easily transmitted and easily believed.
Note by Gurwinder on Substack
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