Joe McCarty

I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

[Joe McCarty @j0emccarty]

@YoYo_Ma is there a way for a poor, Dallas area cello student to get tickets to your 11/20 performance?

[Dr. Arthur Brooks @arthurbrooks]

Your phone is a quiet addiction running your life.

Feeling the urge to check your device every few minutes is normal. It's your brain doing exactly what it was built to do—except it's doing it for the wrong thing.

Your dopamine system evolved to keep you alive. That's a good thing. But now, it's being hijacked—trained, every day, to chase the easiest rewards possible. That's not a good thing.

Easy pleasures have a ceiling. The reward fades. What once felt good soon becomes tolerable. So you escalate: More scrolling. More easy pleasures. Less satisfaction. And less meaning.

The more you chase easy pleasure, the less capable you become of enjoying anything deeply.

But the answer isn't to abandon technology. It's to govern it.

Start by setting boundaries:
- No phones at meals.
- No phones in the bedroom.
- No screens after 9pm.

Every boundary you set is attention returned to something that actually matters.

Then, add friction:
- Turn the screen to grayscale.
- Put the phone in another room.
- Delete the most addictive apps.

Stop treating every idle moment as something to fill.

You don't become fully human by indulging every impulse—you do it by mastering them. That's where meaning—and happiness—actually live.

[Joe McCarty @j0emccarty]

@chesscom 100 pieces, Bob

[New Orleans Saints @Saints]

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[Joe McCarty @j0emccarty]

@chesscom @chessable I would pick @WesleySo_
He is the best chess player that I think I would get along with well.

[Joe McCarty @j0emccarty]

@MrT

[Josh Barzon @JoshuaBarzon]

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[Joe McCarty @j0emccarty]

@canva Yes please. I will DM you.

[Joe McCarty @j0emccarty]

Hey @canva, your sales team is not responding to inquiries. I've reached out 3 times over the past month and cannot get anyone to respond.

[Joe McCarty @j0emccarty]

@canva We are now at over 10 weeks without a reply.

[Joe McCarty @j0emccarty]

@canva Is 3+ weeks an acceptable response time for you?

[Daniel Lona @Lona_Chess]

In honor of GM @askavrukh as this week's guest, @chessable and I are giving away his full video course, "Resourceful Chess: Defense & Counterplay, Vol 1."

To enter to win:
1. Follow this account
2. Share this post #chess

[The Mellon Heads - LOTR Podcast @mellon_heads]

The end of LOTR explained in a chess scenario

[Joe McCarty @j0emccarty]

@scottballard Nico confirmed as next Lakers GM.

[Joe McCarty @j0emccarty]

@elonmuskADO lol, 19

[Joe McCarty @j0emccarty]

@chesscom @PlayChessUp

[Joe McCarty @j0emccarty]

@Lona_Chess @EugenePerel @chessable I am really intrigued by the conversation you had about evaluating. I’m interested in learning more (and have almost clicked to buy his Chessable course a few times already).

[Joe McCarty @j0emccarty]

@BootKreweMedia A beautiful tribute to Sean Payton and his WR philosophy.

[Joe McCarty @j0emccarty]

@chesscom @GMHikaru @MagnusCarlsen @HansMokeNiemann @AlirezaFirouzja 157

[Joe McCarty @j0emccarty]

@LionChess_coach Happy birthday!

[Joe McCarty @j0emccarty]

@GothamChess https://t.co/nOQl2oMmVu