@jonkay The pictures are cute and kids will enjoy them but thinking that they have some practical importance is ridiculous. As decoration yes, as decol, seriously?
delusional optimism is the only way out. most people lose before they even start because deep down they already convinced themselves it probably won’t work. they look at the odds and the competition and they try to be more practical and slowly talk themselves out of their own potential. but the people who end up doing insane things usually have one thing in common. they were delusional enough to believe they could actually pull it off before there was any proof. that’s the weird power of delusional optimism. it makes you keep going long enough for reality to eventually catch up to your vision.
i just can’t understand why you all are this realistic with your dreams. why you only allow yourself to want things that feel achievable from where you currently stand. every massive success story ever sounded delusional in the beginning. every athlete, artist, entrepreneur, creator, all of them had moments where nobody around them understood the vision. people laughed at them. doubted them. told them to be practical. but they kept going anyway because they were obsessed enough to trust something nobody else could see yet.
i mean just think about it. you are alive and here in this world. the odds were already impossibly slim. you exist on a planet floating in infinite darkness where trees communicate underground, where dead stars became the atoms in your body, where creatures glow in the ocean without sunlight ever touching them. your own brain is made of electricity and somehow produces dreams, memories, ideas, emotions. everything about existence sounds insane if you really think about it deeply enough. so why do people suddenly become “realistic” or “practical”the moment it comes to their own potential? there is nothing realistic about being alive in the first place. so be delusional, that’s the only way out.
Just when you thought Canada couldn’t get any more ridiculous
Toronto says hold my animal spirit pictograph
To “decolonize wayfinding”
Because of course replacing the Queen Street exit sign with a turtle
Is a priority
Jeff Bezos reveals the simple phrase that saved him countless arguments running Amazon
"Disagree and commit is a really important principle that saves a lot of arguing"
"One of my direct reports would want to do something. I'd think it was a bad idea. We'd go back and forth and I'd often say, you know what, I don't think you're right, but I'm going to gamble with you"
"You're closer to the ground truth than I am. I've known you for 20 years, you have great judgment"
"At least then you've made a decision and I'm agreeing to commit to that decision. I'm not going to be second guessing it, sniping at it, or saying I told you so"
"I'm going to try actively to help make sure it works. That's a really important teammate behavior"
3 interesting findings:
1. On X/Twitter, 97 percent of political posts come from the most-active 10 percent of users. These users often grow their audience by expressing the most extreme opinions and by ‘nut-picking the most outrageous opinions of the other side.
@Molly85224872@havivrettiggur Molly they say they aspire to the realization of Allah's promise and then quote that saying as their goal. But you say it doesn't mean anything. Is that right?
https://t.co/5tlvbWJq8W
@noam_dworman@ggreenwald Noam, have you been following the Canadian scene? You should read about the prime minister's new council to combat antisemitism. It's a riot. There's lots about it here on X.
@fabianschmid_09 It's a great trait and not just in romantic relations but across the board. Some people of course will take offence at the familiar tone.
one of the single greatest tactic for your social life is the concept of "assumed familiarity". once you know this concept you notice it in every charismatic man. makes you instantly likable. just act like you've known others for years already.
@danschwartz88 I like Leonard Cohen and I like what he said here but it's important to realize that we can't base our own opinions on those of celebrities.