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1671 || attention economy
The Khan Academy offers free courses, today I speed through their lesson on "the attention economy" and how we can push back against it, to reclaim w…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
1670 || what does machiavellian actually mean?
I've been using the term "machiavellian" for years. Recently, I looked it up. Today, I'm sharing what I found.
Machiavelli was a teacher of "evil". H…
6 months ago
1669 || when reality is up for debate
This isn't about disagreeing about policies or politics, anymore. We currently live in a world with a sizable minority of people are disagreeing abou…
6 months ago
1668 || Until death, failure is psychological.
There's an Arabic saying, "لايدرك كله لا يترك كله" or "What cannot be achieved in its entirety should not be abandoned completely."
Until death, failu…
6 months ago
1667 || I'm not scared of dying, I'm afraid of not living.
My family has never been one to talk about death, we pretend it doesn't exist until it blindsides us and ruins our lives. But building this wall arou…
6 months ago
1666 || death is the room, not the elephant
“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pa…
6 months ago
1665 || how to not fear your death
You cannot imagine what it would be like to be dead, because death is an absence of existence. There is, literally, nothing to imagine – because noth…
6 months ago
1664 || social media brings out our worst
Read this today's original source, here.
"When you’re overwhelmed with information, you don’t think deeply about it; you have to process it very quick…
6 months ago
1666 || an online AYCE buffet, what are you eating?
If the internet is an AYCE buffet of unlimited, endless options, there’s bound to be items you find disgusting, that will make you physically ill. Th…
6 months, 1 week ago
1665 || what if the act of "choosing" is enough
I accidentally ritualized something that is typically mundane, and that, in itself, is a magical and empowering act.
Now, as much as I want to push so…
6 months, 1 week ago