1897 || doomerism is dead
Choosing to look at the future as something you have a say in, is punk as fuck. Meliorism: The belief that the human condition can be improved through concerted effort.The belief that there is an inhe...
8 Nov 11min
1896 || stop trying to earn love
True safety doesn't come from a partner promising they will never hurt you (a promise no human can permanently guarantee). True safety comes from promising yourself that if your boundaries are crossed...
6 Nov 10min
1895 || dumbasses deserve love, too
I’ve been thinking a lot about trust and consideration and love. Naturally, I’ve been very bitter about some things going on in my personal life and it convinced me for a second there that I didn’t lo...
5 Nov 9min
1894 || don't cosign your fears + insecurities
When you’re afraid of someone else judging you, you are only afraid of the confirmation of things you already believe about yourself. I am never offended by a claim I know is untrue. You can call me a...
4 Nov 10min
1893 || how + why to vote if you haven't
"War doesn't end when one side dies, it ends when one side surrenders. If you have given up, it's already over. When you understand a system, what it feeds on, you can see there a lot of ways to chang...
3 Nov 9min
1892 || intentional friction
Modern design demands that your brain should constantly focus on productivity, metrics, optimization, and achievement. In late-stage consumerism, convenience is sold as a tool to save you time. But wh...
2 Nov 9min
1891 || spirit of the goal vs. the reward
Humans will always focus on the easiest path towards positive feedback (or avoiding negative feedback). We love a little treat. If we're not careful (and we forget the human element), we will get so f...
1 Nov 10min
1890 || the spirit of the metrics
Sometimes our emotional world's and subjective experiences are what make us MORE reliable, not less.The focus on getting a high score actually distorts what we're scoring. The problem is not measureme...
31 Okt 11min
