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Matthew Jacques

@anuva95

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Tim Urban (@waitbutwhy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The human psyche has weather. When we feel bad about the present and future, it’s cloudy in our psyche. When our psyche is cloudy, it colors everything. Things feel gloomier, angrier, scarier, and more depressing. This of course has all kinds of negative effects on behavior. /1

Tim Urban (@waitbutwhy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Likewise, gratitude and optimism open up a bright blue sky in the psyche. This feels blissful and energizing and fosters kindness. These behaviors generate more of the weather that produced them. So psyche weather is contagious, and it can spread like an epidemic. /2

Tim Urban (@waitbutwhy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

People know something is wrong in society right now but it can be hard to articulate. I think what sucks right now is that a massive epidemic, maybe pandemic, of dark cloudy psyche skies has spread. (Covid doesn’t help, but this has been going on a lot longer than Covid.) /3

Tim Urban (@waitbutwhy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I think a huge part of the problem is that the antidote to a negativity epidemic is sunny rhetoric—but the political atmosphere has made sunny rhetoric *taboo*. Expressing gratitude and optimism will get you smeared as callous, privileged, ignorant, malicious. /4

Tim Urban (@waitbutwhy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

And part of the reason for this reaction is that pessimism, cynicism, and grievance are the lifeblood of political extremism. Extreme narratives need to crush sunny mentality like a virus in order to survive. The punishing of positivity is an immune system response. /5

Tim Urban (@waitbutwhy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I don’t think this is usually malicious. It’s having been convinced that reality is so grim that it seems like anyone who feels otherwise must be an asshole or an idiot. /end

Lex Fridman (@lexfridman) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I try to assume the best intention in the actions of others. The internet too often seems to want to do the opposite. I think the former is way better than the latter if your goal is to be productive, gain understanding, solve problems, and find happiness in this life.

The Rabbit Hole (@therabbithole84) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Humans have identified themselves throughout history by: - Villages - Countries - Religion - Race Etc.. The final step in this journey will be for us to identify as human foremost and all else second. This will be necessary when we inevitably make first contact with Aliens.

Bryan Johnson (@bryan_johnson) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Kids can’t sleep tonight because they’re too excited for tomorrow morning 🎄. Adults can’t sleep because they’re thinking about all their problems. Soon we’ll all become kids again. Sleep tight.

Bryan Johnson (@bryan_johnson) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Talmage’s bike took flight, stunning his friends. He flew one lap around the school and landed safely by the jungle gym.  Jasper approached and fist-pumped “respect Talmage for not giving up.” My six-year-old son is tucked into bed, his eyes are lit up. These stories feel real

Bryan Johnson (@bryan_johnson) 's Twitter Profile Photo

5-MeO-DMT gave me a single idea that won't leave. Our minds are not naturally capable of understanding the preciousness of our existence. Not "life is precious" as printed on a poster. It's something much more specific. That the hardware we're running, human consciousness,