Colin

Hoping I can leave the world a little better than I found it. Tweeting for myself as much as I am for my massive following.

[Ezra Klein @ezraklein]

In the last few years we've seen:

- The plot to kidnap Gretchen Whitmer
- The Storming of the Capitol and pipe bombs left at the RNC and DNC
- The break-in to kidnap Nancy Pelosi and the brutal on Paul Pelosi
- Multiple assassination attempts against Trump
- The assassination of Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband and the shooting of on State Senator John Hoffman and his wife
- Luigi Mangione's assassination of Brian Thompson
- The assassination of Charlie Kirk

Political violence is contagious. It is spreading. It is not confined to one side or belief system. It should terrify us all.

The foundation of a free society is the ability to participate in it without fear of violence. Political violence is always an attack against us all. You have to be so blind not to see that.

[Colin @Colin90964938]

@itscoachgoodman 🙄

[Michael Ferguson 🧠😇🕊 @neuromichael]

Previously unseen details of human brain structure revealed. Featured image: a single neuron with ~5,600 of the nerve fibers that connect to it.

I feel overwhelming awe at nature's complexity and order.

https://t.co/lLiEo6z1YQ

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

Banning smartphones in schools is good for learning and well-being.

New study of 400+ middle schools in Norway: after smartphone bans, girls had fewer mental health issues & better grades. Boys and girls were less likely to be bullied.

Smartphones belong at home or in lockers.

[Colin @Colin90964938]

@sweatystartup Can you reconcile?

[Tim Urban @waitbutwhy]

I've been watching the show Alone and noticing that I constantly wince watching the contestants (survival experts stranded in a harsh wilderness) kill animals or even cut down trees. I wince because modern society keeps me so well insulated from how the sausage that is my comfortable life is made.

For the people on Alone, there's a gravity to every meal—a mix of gratitude, sadness, responsibility. When an animal they killed rots before they eat it, they feel a profound sense of guilt. By insulating us from unpleasantness, society also insulates us from guilt, accountability, and gratitude.

There's an irony to it. If things ever get apocalyptic, the very people who will be wincing the hardest seeing the realities of life up close will be those who felt the least guilt about it back when things were good.

[Tim Urban @waitbutwhy]

If the asteroid had missed Earth

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

In 1947, French science fiction writer René Barjavel was asked for a prediction of the future. He imagined a future with cell phones-like portable TVs and electronic communication in the film La télévision, œil de demain
https://t.co/q7RvRsUoWD

[Yuval Noah Harari @harari_yuval]

Fear of the unknown can paralyze us more than any tyrant. People throughout history worried that unless we put all our faith in some set of absolute answers, human society will crumble. But modern history has demonstrated that a society of courageous people, who are willing to admit ignorance and raise difficult questions, is usually more prosperous and peaceful than societies where everyone unquestioningly accepts a single answer. People afraid of losing their truth tend to be more violent than people who are used to looking at the world from several different viewpoints. Questions you cannot answer are usually far better for you than answers you cannot question.

#quotes #questions #answers #humanity #21lessons

[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

"So the universe is not quite as you thought it was. You'd better rearrange your beliefs, then.
Because you certainly can't rearrange the universe."

- Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992)

[Dr. Julie Gurner @drgurner]

You are an example everywhere you go.

In your work, in your personal life, even in brief interactions with people at a store or coffee shop.

What do you want to amplify in the world?
Be that thing.

[Trung Phan @TrungTPhan]

Linkedin bios, explained

[Chris Anderson @TEDchris]

What a time to be alive...

[Patrick Lockwood @AlobhaPatrick]

No matter how “just” or “fair” society is, this is true and unendingly useful.

As a clinical psychologist i’m telling you plainly:

you learning to manage your reaction benefits you most, and everyone else. Learning how to do this generalizes to every part or your life in a good way.

Handle. Your. Fucking. Feelings.

[Colin @Colin90964938]

@fasc1nate We look like a tree.

[Steve Stewart-Williams @SteveStuWill]

Analysis of 14 million books suggests that cognitive distortions associated with depression have become increasingly common over the last few decades, now exceeding levels seen in the Great Depression and both World Wars. https://t.co/75rD1xziKV

[Caitlin Flanagan @CaitlinPacific]

Three facts:

1. Every human being has a right to life.
2. Every human being is of equal value.
3. Not all cultures are equal.

[Derek Thompson @DKThomp]

2023 study: “Our thesis is that a primary cause of the rise in mental disorders is a decline over decades in opportunities for children and teens to play, roam, and engage in other activities independent of direct oversight and control by adults."