David James

Daydreamer. On the Pursuit of the Highest Indifference Curve.

[David James @duvaldave2]

1. I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not one others expected me to live

2. I wish I hadn’t worked so hard

3. I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings

4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends

5. I wish that I had let myself be happier

[David James @duvaldave2]

If you want time to pass quick (like maybe boring work days) establish routine

If you want time to pass slow (your free time outside of work) design for novelty

[David James @duvaldave2]

Harry Potter gave a good label to an important concept: Occlumency: the act of closing your mind to harmful thoughts.

In the books it's to prevent others from reading your mind

In real life it can be used to prevent temptation or rumination

Make Occlumency your next skill

[David James @duvaldave2]

A good sign of happiness is that you find yourself excited to do many things and have to settle for the fact that you can only do one at a time

[Manu Raju @mkraju]

Fauci says he’s “strongly in favor of mandating” masks at local level. “I don’t like an authoritarian federal government, but at the local level, if governors and others mandate the use of masks when you have an outbreak, I think that would be important.”

[David James @duvaldave2]

The problem I have with picking an Instagram handle = the problem I have with picking wall decor = the problem I have with picking a tattoo.

What defines me? I contain multitudes (cliche I know but true).

[David James @duvaldave2]

One of the most liberating things you can do is to stop taking responsibility for how others choose to react to experiences.

95% of experiences are a Rorschach test. How individuals react says more about them than the event.

You will exhaust yourself tyrna maintaining control.

[Tim Urban @waitbutwhy]

Everything we call civilization was invented in the last 500 generations—way too short a time for our bodies and brains to re-optimize. We're a bunch of forest primates in a totally unnatural environment, trying our little best. Someone needs to give our species a hug.

[Naval @naval]

The larger the group, the worse the conversation.

[David James @duvaldave2]

I like this pandemic because now it’s okay to kick open doors like I’m James Bond

[Sam Altman @sama]

There are two ways to make the future better, which everyone wants.

More good, less bad.

They lead to surprisingly different philosophies and actions.

[David James @duvaldave2]

@reidhoffman trying to dig up an interview where you talked about Apparent Contradictions.

Any idea which one it might have been?

[David James @duvaldave2]

Love Island taught me how to graft

[David James @duvaldave2]

Opening two quotes are great

[David French @DavidAFrench]

All my life I've prayed for revival in this country. Well, we've got one.

But it's not Christian.

There's a surge of dark fundamentalist political religion in this country, and it's coming from both sides of our political divide: https://t.co/7HtQ4Ke2vn

[David James @duvaldave2]

Also see: foment

[David James @duvaldave2]

Why do liberals love the word obfuscate

[KTLA @KTLA]

Sky5 got a look at fireworks lighting up the skies for Fourth of July

[Devon ☀️ @devonzuegel]

I wish there were an equivalent of a disapproving glare on the internet https://t.co/qEu73V8SFO

[Balaji @balajis]

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All the news...except the fine print.📰🔍

[Robert P. George @McCormickProf]

1/ I sometimes ask students what their position on slavery would have been had they been white and living in the South before abolition. Guess what? They all would have been abolitionists! They all would have bravely spoken out against slavery, and worked tirelessly against it.

[David James @duvaldave2]

@paulg @naval

[David James @duvaldave2]

If a highly vocal 10% minority is making life miserable for the majority, what is the best way to neutralize them?