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The Marginalian • Buckminster Fuller’s Manifesto for the Genius of Generalists
I count myself among a growing number of scientists who believe that the construction of self identity is not much better than the Lo-fi representations of other people we hold in our heads.
Gregory Berns • The Self Delusion
Our cognitive apparatus is designed, at least in part, to sustain us in the long term rather than balm us in the near term.
Daniel H. Pink • The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward
Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters
kyla scanlon • The Nostalgia Cycle Loop
The attachment we have to an individual can supersede an overall decrease in our quality of life, and so the love we usually have toward our children means that our choice to bring them into existence has value above and beyond whatever effect they have on our happiness.
Paul Bloom • What Becoming a Parent Really Does to Your Happiness
passions are often developed, not discovered.
Adam Grant • Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
The Germans (of course) have a word for it: herzensbildung, training one’s heart to see the full humanity in another.
David Brooks • How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
