The mind cannot be at peace for long, because it exists to overcome obstacles, and so when untroubled, it dreams up troubles, and solves the problem of lacking problems to solve by solving invented problems.
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The online ecosystem is built on the exploitation of your instincts. It is constantly compelling you to react so it can better predict, control, and monetize your behavior.
Against this emergent tyranny, the most liberating thing you can do is to disobey your own reflexes.
Nicholas Winton helped 669 Jewish children escape the Nazis. His efforts went unrecognized for 50 years; then in 1988, while sitting as a member of a TV audience, he suddenly found himself surrounded by the kids he’d rescued, now adults.
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