We see more faces before breakfast than our ancestors did in a lifetime. I've been wondering what that's doing to us
Wrote about how the attention economy was built around the pull of a human face; how the same digital machinery may now be devaluing it
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Would Milind Soman be as fit as he is today if he worked a 9 to 6 desk job which does not include travel time of 3 hours both ways?
That’s the schedule of an office going average Mumbaikar.
Men will literally look at a woman who is a mechanical engineer and an astronaut who has been in space longer than the other 3 male crew members COMBINED and is one of 4 people to be as far from earth as she has…then comment on what she looks like.
the best thing about reading fiction is that it teaches you to sit with ambiguity: with difficult choices and moralities that shift across circumstances and cultures. it invites you to look inward and to step into someone else’s shoes before passing judgment.
Introverts don’t get bored. Like never, they enjoy their company. Just chilling around the house. Doing random shii. Browsing old photos, feeling 10 different emotions in 4 seconds. Cringing about something they said 3 years ago. 2 hours of self-talk. Eat. Nap. But never bored.
can someone please explain to me how someone gets 8 hours of sleep, 10,000 steps a day, goes to work, maintains good hygiene, cleans their house, exercises, takes care of their animals, and has time for hobbies and socializing? cause i feel like this is also propaganda.
(2/2) Also 3 unplanned / unwanted pregnancies in one family - I do understand that she was exploring the role of women / motherhood / sex / abortion etc but it seems a bit lazy and made the plot seem very contrived.
Book 1/100 of 2026 : Confessions
If it weren’t my love for new york city and curiosity about rural Ireland, I would have left only after first ten chapters . I never got invested in any of the characters and it all seemed a bit pointless. (1/2)