Andreas Vlach
@vlach
Andreas Vlach
If you have time to consume, you have time to create.
100 Simple Truths
They stole something from you before you could name it.
And charged you to get it back.
I've spent 15 years studying ancient systems—Zoroastrian fire temples, Sufi circles, Indigenous councils, monastic economies. Not as tourism. As forensics.
I wanted to know:... See more
Maltesubstack.comYoung people do not degenerate; this occurs only after grown men have already become corrupt,” wrote Montesquieu in the eighteenth century.1 Our children may take this statement to heart when they find that their elders are leaving them with a poorer future. Three-quarters of American adults today are not confident that their children will be
... See moreJoel Kotkin • The Coming of Neo-Feudalism
“What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?”― Vincent Van Gogh
Postanly Weekly • 20 Seconds of Courage
On PKM influencers:
- Do not trust anyone whose only apparent output is producing PKM-related content. They are trying to sell you the PKM fantasy.
- Of those who do produce something genuinely valuable with the help of PKM, do not believe that simply doing PKM will make you that kind of person. Just because an essayist uses PKM, don't think learning
reddit.com • R/ObsidianMD - Is the Concept of Personal Knowledge Management Flawed?
Pain is information, and information is painful. Rewiring your brain is not a frictionless process. Some knowledge can only be discovered the hard way.
The sooner you can convert pain into knowledge, the sooner you can experience the next useful pain. Don’t put yourself through the same pain too many times. To access new information you must
... See moreStephan Ango • Pain Is Information
Having a soft heart in a cruel world is courage, not weakness. Katherine Henson...
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