Andreas Vlach
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Andreas Vlach
Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent. Ludwig Wittgenstein
In French, “cultiver son jardin intérieur” means to tend to your internal garden—to take care of your mind.
Anne-Laure Le Cunff • You and Your Mind Garden
I am so, deeply, truly uninterested in reaction (which is why I don’t read the comments on my public Instagram account). But I am so curious about response: the mysterious sacred moments when we are compelled into action (often unwitnessed by others) or invited into new ways of thinking.
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Mari Andrew • A Life Without Instagram
“That was all a man needed: hope. It was a lack of hope that discouraged a man.” — Charles Bukowski, “Factotum”
People have this aspirational idea of building a vast, oppressively colossal, deeply interlinked knowledge graph to the point that it almost mirrors every discrete concept and memory in their brain. And I get the appeal of maximalism. But they’re counting on the wrong side of the ledger. Every node in your knowledge graph is a debt . Every link... See more
Fernando Borretti • Unbundling Tools for Thought
“Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else.” ―Buddha
Often people choose not to choose, and we should respect their choice.