rob hardy

Joy is infinitely more fulfilling than profit.

Healing as the process of slowly becoming a normie from first principles.

Ken Wilber talks about how we can't think our way to the next level of development - we have to live our way there.

This explains why I can understand concepts intellectually for years before they actually transform how I operate in the world.

Knowing isn't the same as being. Integration requires embodiment, not just comprehension.

The most effective way I've found to use Claude to get better at writing:

Paste in a bunch of chapters or articles.

It can accept ~350 pages of input, so go crazy.

Ask it which chapter or article is the best and to explain why it's the best.

Keep asking follow up questions and build a list of all the reasons it's strong. Feel free to add your own.... See more

It's strange how much humility it takes to stop hating yourself. 'I am the cause of every problem in my life' is a grandiose belief just like any other. The fall from (dis)grace hits every bit as hard.

choice a) tends to be taken by people who want to go faster or be more efficient or get a predictable outcome... and often blocks their ability to see what they actually need to do what they need to do in the territory. "A map is a claim about what can be ignored," ...and if you study the map first, you're likely ignore/not notice the things that... See more

The desire to be special can only exist when you don’t know who you are.