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So much productivity is fueled by negative emotions. You're afraid of getting a bad grade as a teen, so you study for tomorrow's big test late into th

If happiness is the result of our actions, then we need to stop asking ourselves how to be happy. Rather, we should be asking ourselves how to be.

Burnout is not what it presents: it’s not about working too hard for too long, burnout is about working in the face of a goal that seems too far out,

When we’re mindful of what we feel in our body, she says, our mind naturally settles in the present. This happens without effort—and it makes us calme

Jerry Seinfeld: "You must master waiting. 'Show's gonna be delayed a half hour.' Fine. Plane's gonna be delayed two hours. Fine. Career's gonna be de

People who don’t take themselves too seriously. They have to be able to laugh at themselves to succeed. What to look for: This is usually very easy to

The #1 thing I look for when hiring people is FIO. "Figure It Out" You can get pretty damn far just by being: - Resourceful - Reliable - Results or

@mckaywrigley I have a bunch of questions I ask. What would you build for yourself? What did previous companies you've worked for need? What are you a

When startups start taking off, the founders usually can't tell what's changed. It's some combination of all the random things they did to make it ta

Startup Handbook: Hiring Employees

What am I supposed to do? Keep standards high and fail them all? That’s not an option for untenured faculty who would like to keep their jobs. I’m a t

The more upset I became, the more I felt that my sensitivity towards the paintings was the same sensitivity I held when I was the subject of the photo

To spot weird signals, you need to go down rabbit holes. Follow your intuition. And remember, pursuing rabbit holes is not always an act of procrastin

Gen AI  for music has captured ~$300M in funding so far this year across several high-profile deals, the majority of which either focus on  rights man

Spirituality is experiencing who you are beyond small mental definitions, rituals, relationships. For this reason it renders traditional religion impo

“The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.” — Søren Kierkegaard

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Politics is a lagging indicator of consciousness. Do not despair.

When we mistake spreading ideas for taking real action, we overlook a crucial asymmetry: ideas and actions distribute their consequences wildly differ

The man we call an adventurer...is one who remains indifferent to the content, that is, to the human meaning of his action, who thinks he can assert h

Sisyphus is grateful for all his relationships, that they took place when they did and ended when they did.

An enlightened being sees their agony without diminishing its reality. In other words, it doesn’t just turn away from it—but, on the other hand, simul

Our minds often wander into darker thoughts like a curious but cautious cat exploring a dimly lit room. It takes great willpower and a blend of wisdom

The Mental Load: A Feminist Comic

Progress vs. Categories

Hermeneutic labor is the burdensome activity of: understanding and coherently expressing one's own feelings, desires, intentions, and motivations; dis

Two loves hold reality and make our universe unique to the rest: tetrahedron → “hollywood love” hypertetrahedron/pentachoron/5-cell → “real love“ —88

In Jewish weddings the bride circles the groom seven times. I would like to do this in zero g, I'd like my wife to orbit my mass lightly, gently, susp

insight from Gurwinder Bhogal: People want to belong to a tribe, and one way that people belong to a tribe is by having the same beliefs as the member

We still instinctively long for this kind of belonging, as our sacrifices to sports teams, fraternities, or churches demonstrate.

what if we just didn’t do social media?There are a few brands doing something interesting in this space. Dorsey, a jewelry brand, has an Instagram pag

Food for thought… how can you not believe in God when octopuses DREAM and otters have a favorite rock they carry around in a little SKIN POCKET and c

If you have a theory that’s been working pretty well for a while — it made good predictions, it solved real problems, it explained a lot of mysteries

Real explanations will sometimes sound weird, crazy, or too complicated because reality itself is often weird, crazy, or too complicated. It’s unfortu

Things change as contradictory evidence piles up, but even then, it doesn’t mean you should scrap the theory you started out with. Everyone back in th

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We Live As One

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I’ve learned that this world has no commitments to my body. No one will try to understand it more than I will. I learned the necessity not only of lis