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Thomas
At the very root of failing societal systems is a particular system of thought, with origins in the European ‘Enlightenment’. This dominant mindset has underpinned modern scientific advancement, bringing extraordinary material comfort to large parts of the world. At the same time its reductionist tendency has shaped over centuries a mass culture of... See more
The system within - Club of Rome
The rules had been constructed long before I was born, and I did not know yet I was allowed to break them or redefine them or ignore them entirely.
— Jami Attenberg, I Came All This Way to Meet You
The Satisfaction of Practice in an Achievement-Oriented World
Sparks 👁️ and Re-Framing
16. The truth of anything is multidimensional and impossible to fully grasp. So a better question than “Is this true?” is “In what scenario is this true?”
Julie Zhuox.com
Along with other types of pollution, cognitive pollution is becoming an increasingly acute problem.
If we endlessly scroll through social media, watch reels, and pollute our consciousness with other junk, then the ideas we produce will also be junk. Garbadge in, garbadge out.
Yet, if we take a responsible approach to what we let into our inner... See more
If we endlessly scroll through social media, watch reels, and pollute our consciousness with other junk, then the ideas we produce will also be junk. Garbadge in, garbadge out.
Yet, if we take a responsible approach to what we let into our inner... See more
Gleb Shu • Would you like to feel more planetary?
You could say paradigms are harder to change than anything else about a system, and therefore this item should be lowest on the list, not second-to-highest. But there’s nothing physical or expensive or even slow in the process of paradigm change. In a single individual it can happen in a millisecond. All it takes is a click in the mind, a falling... See more