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Enlightenment is a destructive process. It has nothing to do with becoming better or being happier. Enlightenment is the crumbling away of untruth. It’s seeing through the facade of pretense. It’s the complete eradication of everything we imagined to be true.
(Adyashanti)- In 1995, Putnam was concerned about teens who were alone 3.5 hours per day. But nowadays teens spend up to nine hours daily staring into screens, according to the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychology.
Meanwhile, the amount of time spent with friends has dropped markedly The number of social outings has declined too. Almost every me... See morefrom 8 Ways of Connecting a Smartphone Can't Deliver by Ted Gioia
- Putnam believed that the single biggest risk factor was the growing amount of time people spent alone.
Even back when he wrote Bowling Alone —before smartphones and apps—teens were solitary for three-and-a-half hours per day. Adolescents spent more time alone than with their family.
For the first time in history, people were growing up disconnected... See morefrom 8 Ways of Connecting a Smartphone Can't Deliver by Ted Gioia
- When you look back at all the missed chances in your life, none of them will involve Amazon Prime Day or Black Friday at Walmart.
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Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.
(Steve Jobs)
"The river needs to take the risk of entering the ocean because only then will fear disappear, because that’s where the river will know it’s not about disappearing into the ocean, but of becoming the ocean.”
(Khalil Gibran)