Rajul Jagdish

word artist. psychotherapist (existential psychotherapy). sit-down comedian. of gentle reminders & aggressive uncomfortable questions she/her

[Rajul Jagdish @RjMist]

There’s so much stubborn hope in a human heart.

- Albert Camus

[` @lisaawrites]

Marcus Aurelius wrote this over 1800 years ago:

“What are you afraid of losing, when nothing in the world actually belongs to you?”

[Kemtrup @KemtrupTweets]

The phrase “deceptive empathy” is very useful in describing what AI bots supposedly doing therapy are actually doing. The bot says “That sounds hard.” Sounds hard to who? To you? Who are you? There is no you who this sounds hard to? “That made me curious about…” It did? 1/

[Rajul Jagdish @RjMist]

Live, love, laugh, in this economy?

[Phil Hoyeck @PAHoyeck]

I seem to alternate between feeling like everything is made of love and feeling like everything is made of profound sadness. Is there a name for this?

[Rajul Jagdish @RjMist]

ChatGPT ruined the word “quiet” and I don’t make the rules.

[Rajul Jagdish @RjMist]

Noooo. 😭

[😡fermion, PhD @angryfermion]

spotify wrapped, but for all the arxiv papers in my downloads folder

[Rajul Jagdish @RjMist]

I listen to songs people have moved on from 😭

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

Academic flirting:

“I’ll read your article”
⭐️

“I read your article”
⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

“I cited your article”
⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

[Rajul Jagdish @RjMist]

The weather has gotten slightly better and I don’t feel too miserable.

[Rajul Jagdish @RjMist]

@amitjulka Wow.

[Rajul Jagdish @RjMist]

“If you messed up, you can just start again.”

[Phil Hoyeck @PAHoyeck]

Books are basically magic and I don't think we appreciate it enough. You're saying I can just access the thoughts of the brightest, most revolutionary minds from just about any point in history and location around the globe? Unreal.

[Lacan sans contexte @Lacan_nocontext]

What gives the neurotic his dignity, is that he wants to know. And in a way it is he who introduces psychoanalysis.

[noor unnahar @Noor_Unnahar]

no font was harmed while writing this piece

[Prakriti @prakritea17]

Watching an old man sketch by the riverbank in Japan. Almost forgot this is the whole point.

[Alina Stefanescu @aliner]

One of my favorite short lectures by Anne Carson.