Current obsessions: animals, learning, moving water, nonduality. Co-Finder of @junglelearning_ building at @fdotinc
Active on substack, not here for now
I’m seeking to identify what’s meaningful and fulfilling for me in the pursuit of understanding myself and of gradually handcrafting an intentional existence
So, I’m starting a running list here to note each unique source of meaning as I experience it…
There is more to the Earth than humans
There is more to the universe than Earth
Why not use the age of the universe to count the years?
I will refer to this year as 13.8B-2026
For me this framing makes me feel a similar kind of awe as looking out at the ocean or the night sky
2026 is an arbitrary year.
It's an anchor that creates an implicit feeling that everything is new and that things before 0 were less important.
Humans have anatomically been around for 300,000 years.
But to use 300k still contains a self centered blindness.
@theRJIyer Love your reflection and commitment to that edge
It reminds me of something I heard last week: you're probably correct in how someone will interpret or initially react to something, but where people go wrong is in thinking they know how the person will feel after that
One thing this makes me wonder is if this could be a wonderful role for education to play. We consume and create more than ever now. Creating a regular practice of critical feeling and thinking on what you actually like and resonate with could have mega lifelong impacts
Banger Brian Eno interview "What is it that I really like? Being able to answer that is the most important question. We're being told probably about 12k times a day what we ought to like, what other people like, what some people would prefer that we like."
https://t.co/1WSSWQDE2G
"you should pay attention to that. You should think why do I like that, what does that mean that I like that thing, what does that connect me to that is so important to me?"
Random realization
I thought concrete was this lifeless inorganic stuff, but I think I was wrong
It's natural ingredients: gravel, sand, water, air, concrete (which is just limestone and clay). And then mixed & awkwardly applied in a uniform way
Corpses become food for worms and the worms poop it back out, nourishing the soil which feeds the plants.
When a relationship/job/class/anything ends, it’s not a blank restart. Our past experiences become the fertilizer that shape our next actions and interpretations of reality.
“Wherever there are decay and repose, there begins to be soil." There is harmony in the cycle of life. And harmony is beauty. Things grow from the dead.
@juliapintar big on #5. Working on long term projects that I enjoy the day to day of but also making sure I'm experimenting on increasing the joy and playfulness on the parts that are boring or stressful
@jeffreyando Love the beginner's mindset
My take:
They aren't Ls in the sense of Losses. They are Ls in the sense of Learnings.
It's not that you lost. It's that you discovered a nuance. You built a better map of the land.
My favorite way to take the doom out of doomscrolling recently is to pick a tweet I saw that struck a chord and write out what I agree vs disagree with about it
When I feel frustrated with the thing I'm working on (that beautiful design, a banger video, etc) it’s often bc I'm putting too much pressure on this specific attempt to succeed
Once I notice, I loosen my grip & find fun in trying something out & seeing what I can learn from it