"If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the #truth." — Carl Sagan

The best things can't be said. The second-best are misunderstood. — Heinrich Zimmer

Not very long ago and for about two thousand years, alchemists all over the world sought the mythical formula to turn any base metal into precious gold. Quite the #ambition. All of us, the modern-day alchemists that we are, now seek to turn the heavy lead of our daily existence

What does upgrading my home server reveal about our fear of failure? That's one of the #BetterQuestions for today. #philosophy #psychology #deepquestions #awareness

The tools we use to understand something, are never separate from the understanding itself. Every technology we've ever created, from the first pointed stick to today’s #LLM chatbot, operates in the same space: the space between *understanding* and *the mere appearance of

"Thou Shalt Not Make a Machine in the Likeness of a Human Mind" from #Dune in 1965, established after holy war against thinking machines, banning #AI to prevent computers from dominating humanity, forcing human society to focus on mental enhancement rather than automation.

We often ask, when the #aliens finally come, who will we send to talk to them? Easy. Rick Beato Hands down.

Should I have bought that #Rolex after all? #ambition #awareness #awakening #innerpeace #philosophy #awakening #liberation #love #endofseeking #enlightenment #betterquestions #sales

Our constant chase for external validation leaves us an inner self that struggles to grow in the absence of applause.

It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about. — Dale Carnegie

Is asking what makes us happy or unhappy the same as asking "why we aren't happy already?" #happiness #innerpeace #philosophy #spirituality #deepquestions #betterquestions

Are even our most noble ambitions just a disguise? #ambition #awareness #awakening #innerpeace #philosophy #awakening #liberation #love #endofseeking #enlightenment #betterquestions #fear