An unarticulated corollary to "better to ask forgiveness than permission" is that you often find neither were ever required to begin with.

I don't think the position of the stars at any point in time has a causal relationship to personalities or events on our wonderful little planet. But I do appreciate that a millennia-long story has been shared by nearly the entire globe about the passage of time in seasons,

I've witnessed a few people on tpot articulate that suffering is a thin shell around a much more substantial baseline/foundation of joy and peace, and that meditation (among other techniques) reveals the foundation. It's been my experience as well, but I have never read any

nobody knows what metaphysics is

'Self-care' is expressive of a default consumer state, where the way to restore your disregulation is by consuming something pleasant, e.g. face masks, rich food, sweet treats, candles, etc. Service is expressive of a default producer state, and I feel it's much more

Algorithmically curated social media have obviously outcompeted long form reading over the past decade, which any number of Atlantic or NYT articles have decried. Asking whether or not it’s happened is no longer interesting — the interesting question is, “What is it that comes

In metaphysics, there is no movement from the world of the potential to the world of the actual without a sacrifice of one or more of the following: (1) attention (2) time (3) money (4) effort (5) and most importantly, the other potential realities which must be sacrificed for

While it's not confined entirely to methylation, the prevailing hypothesis among neuroscientists for the basic mechanism of depression and anxiety is not that those conditions are due to a chemical imbalance. I It's that they're due to insufficient neuroplasticity.

textures: -running your hand through water while swimming -gliding over snow on skis -gliding over ice on skates -rope stretching out and breaking -gum stuck to the sidewalk for years -condensation on glass -the frost that develops on one of those icecream freezers at the corner

LLMs have convincingly demonstrated that coding is the easiest activity, maths is medium hard, and having taste is the hardest

this is referring to the development of good taste, and the valuation of demonstrating good taste as worthwhile. this used to be a significant part of what was referred to as 'education'. the aura consultants were all professors and governesses.

The most powerful physical urge I’ve ever experienced in my life is the one to stay in bed early in the morning when I wake up with an alarm. Nor sex, nor food, nor itch, nor drug has ever pulled my psyche with such force. While I am awake I have at my disposal ample reserves

Low energy people are often people who are out of touch with their anger. From a biological perspective, anger is one of the most powerful ways to mobilize energy. Anger causes us to release adrenaline, noradrenaline, and cortisol, which results in a surge of physical energy

The many proponents of the 'you can just do things' attitude identify the same core pillar that I think will most dominate the next decade of culture, which is something we need a new word for but which sits between 'taste' and 'will'.

(1) Being able to know with clarity what you want and don't want and (2) being able to identify the actions that will bring your desired potential reality into actuality and keep your undesired potential realities out of actuality is the most valuable skill to acquire.