In any case one can’t get rid of the unconscious that easily. Here is a sentence analogous to “We have always been terraforming, so let’s do it consciously now”: “I know I’m an addict so now I’m going to drink fully aware of that fact.” Being aware of “unconscious biases” is a contradiction in terms. And there is a still more salient ecological obs

"I realized a few years ago that my level of happiness is directly correlated to how much time I spend outside." And one of the things that I say, is we wake up... Most of the time in modern life, we wake up in a box, we get in a box, we drive to a box, to sit in a box and stare at a box. And there's something about being outside, like even just so

“I was a man who thrived on solitude; without it I was like another man without food or water. Each day without solitude weakened me. I took no pride in my solitude; but I was dependent on it.” — Charles Bukowski, “Factotum”

The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts. —Meditations 5.16