Judge a book by its cover

“One starts as a materialist, then turns into a dualist, then a panpsychist, then an idealist” qz.com/1184574/the-id…

the dimwit, midwit and high IQ meme can be summed up as those who trust their intuition vs those who don’t

build your organization as a platform from day 1 chrislaing.net/blog/the-memo/

Netflix says their biggest competitor is sleep

one of the more interesting concepts I've read about recently zero knowledge proofs “convey no additional knowledge other than the correctness of the proposition in question.” multiple use cases notboring.co/p/zero-knowled…

the goal of life

Focus on the past, that’s ego. Focus on the future, that’s pride. Focus on the present, that’s humility.

tldr - It's time to build unherd.com/2021/08/what-t…

TIL a South Indian language is spoken all the way up in Balochistan. Fascinating. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahui_la…

Was just thinking about this yesterday

Both the commissar and the yogi consider each other "escapists" The commissar thinks the tangible world is all that matters, and laughs at the yogi for his mental games The yogi laughs back, pitying the commissar's focus on the ephemeral while while ignoring the eternal

wild popularmechanics.com/science/a36112…

Ouroboros

I love hearing about new places built for people, not cars. Cayalá, Guatemala is a new development with mostly car-free streets, urban plazas, and a mix of residential, retail, and civic uses. The architecture spans traditional Guatemalan, Spanish, and Islamic styles.

Trailer park boys is the best show of all time and the only great thing Canada has ever done.

luthknight.substack.com/p/alone

‘We aspire to be the best versions of ourselves, so we must desire to be so. Desire brings suffering. Therefore misery is unavoidable and builds character.’ - some guy on the internet

Reality is a mirror that reflects your relationship to yourself and to your world

mental attachment to perspective is the root of mental suffering & delusion. to be an agent of chaos is the same as to be a master of zen