Sam Liebeskind
@samliebeskind
product partnerships at New_Public; previously community & growth @ Geneva
Sam Liebeskind
21 best ideas in Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essay on Self Reliance (via justin murphy)
Most people do not trust their own beliefs. The essence of genius is simply to trust yourself—to infer that whatever seems most true in your heart is most true in reality—and for everybody else, too, despite whatever they may claim.
There is hardly anything more painful
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” ~ Mark Twain
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Treading on eggshells or a bull in a china shop?
deceleratoruk.substack.com
Human life is not a competition in which everyone places somewhere between one to eight billion. That’s because each person has different capacities, aims, relationships, projects and identities. These are all relevant to deciding what a good life is for them.
- NYT magazine, The Ethicist, Kwame Anthony Appiah
Gavin de Becker argues that beneath even the most violent acts lie fundamental, universal desires — the need to feel loved, respected, seen. Twist those desires through a series of nonstandard deviations, and violence can follow (FYI readers on the internet– I am not condoning or excusing violence). But what struck me most was not the danger, but... See more
Many rural Americans say local news media mostly don’t cover their area
pewresearch.org
Rural areas’ local news covers somewhere nearby, not their actual community
