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1632 || allergic to wondering
We love answers. We love conclusions. We tend to steer clear of open ended problems and tasks, because of this.
But there are so many things that lea…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
1631 || are you becoming the morality police?
have been trying to stop thinking of every single decision I make as some deep moral test. Every time I stay in the shower a little too long, or supp…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
1630 || the swiss cheese method
I have complex feelings about our personal responsibility. As we know the richest 1% cause more climate damage than over half of humanity. 57 compani…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
1629 || shifting from apathy to agency
We can actually build a better world, but we have to break the cycle of cynicism, first.
THE CYCLE OF CYNICISM
1. Finding out about a problem
2. Wanting…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
1628 || shifting from a cycle of cynicism to a cycle of hope
We can actually build a better world, but we have to break the cycle of cynicism, first.
THE CYCLE OF CYNICISM
1. Finding out about a problem
2. Wanting…
4 months ago
1627 || but we're all so cynical
We can actually build a better world, but we have to break the cycle of cynicism, first.
Read the Inner Self Article on How to Make the World a Bette…
4 months ago
1626 || time worship
The invention of the modern clock has turned time into a commodity. It's something you can spend, save, waste, lose, or trade for money directly.
Clo…
4 months ago
1625 || one must imagine sisyphus happy
“Do you think that the trees grow tired every winter of having to shed their leaves and think to themselves, I don’t want to go through another bitte…
4 months ago
1624 || longtermism
A society grows great when old men plant trees under whose shade they know they’ll never sit.
Yesterday we discussed the difficult task of creating Lo…
4 months ago
1623 || what to talk about, after the arguing (the nuclear waste problem)
If you need a conversation starter to break the awkward lulls and post-fight silences at your Thanksgiving dinner, I HIGHLY suggest looking up the wi…
4 months ago