1529 || the how + why of bad faith actors
BFA's are hell bent on preserving their identity, and they'd rather avoid reality completely than address the contradictions in theirs. Trolls don't care about reality at all, as long as they can enga...
4 Aug 20258min
1528 || Defining "bad faith actors"
Bad Faith Actors - meaning going into interactions with either 1. the intention to deceive or 2. A belief and conviction and faith so profound that they become unable to confront facts or logic or rea...
3 Aug 202510min
1527 || my fight with a bigot (a true story)
"He had sown chaos between me and my friend and he truly didn’t give a fuck. In fact, he looked like he was enjoying it. He was manipulating me and I was watching it happen but unaware of how to make ...
2 Aug 202510min
1526 || the problem with tragic optimism
According to Meg-John Barker at rewriting the rules, "My own way of dealing with meaninglessness in life, has also been to embrace it as an inevitable part of life which will happen with some regular...
1 Aug 20258min
1525 || the case for tragic optimism
Because humanity has been here a while, and books exist where people write down what they do to deal with hard shit, there are plenty of first hand accounts of people not just surviving but thriving a...
31 Jul 20259min
1524 || filling the "hole"
Maybe you don't need more things, you just need a thing. What happens when the shit that surrounds us starts to feel like it’s weighing us down rather than free us? When it feels like more shit to dea...
30 Jul 20259min
1523 || becoming optimistic using the ABCDE method
The ABCDE coaching model has five stages: Activating event or situation, Beliefs, Consequences, Disputation of the beliefs and Effective new approach to dealing with the problem. It's a coaching model...
29 Jul 20258min
1522 || learned optimism
Some of us are predisposed to less optimistic than others. Fortunately, there are ways we can LEARN to be more optimistic with time and practice.The source: https://positivepsychology.com/learned-opti...
28 Jul 20258min
