rob hardy

@robhardy

writer of manifestos, petter of cats. in devotional pursuit of a more beautiful internet 🌱

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Tricia Pickren • Tweet

It would sure make things easy if this election were a simple contest of good versus evil. But this is the way of thinking that is tearing the world apart. Those who think that way always consider themselves to be members of Team Good, of course. If your opponent is evil incarnate, then any means to stop him are justified.

Charles Eisenstein • Shades of Many Colors

culture war dynamics

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

memes and

Gay, who had lived a good life by letting the sheriff beat him at checkers, suddenly grew cocky and never lost another game. He lost his privileges that way but he felt a whole man again.

earning self-respect and

It’s not that I know how to do this. It’s that my soul is guiding me through this.

—life mantra

McCall Erickson on Substack

recovery and

We’re in a weird era for startups where perception has become the moat. Raise early, get labeled a “category leader,” and that perception attracts capital, customers, and talent until it’s no longer perception. The irony is many kings were crowned long before they’d earned it.

Hadley x.com

brand manifesto and

The more defensive you are about a belief you have, the more likely that that belief is standing in the way of your freedom.

Joe Hudson • Tweet

self renewal and

As a unitary construct, perfectionism indiscriminately mingles idealism, introversion, preoccupation with one's flaws, fear of not being able to live up to others' expectations, and making unfair demands of others.

Dr. Linda Silverman • Perfectionism: the Crucible of Giftedness

what even is perfectionism??

An interesting observation in Maslow's work on self-actualized people is that they tend to be less "introspective" than others. Meaning they spend less time thinking about themselves and their feelings. But they are more attuned to their inner compass when *acting on the world*.

Henrik Karlsson • Tweet

relationship with self and