we live in age of great moral panics about things that donโt matter and zero moral outrage over some of the most egregious societal sins weโve ever seen
finding out the artemis ii astronauts talked with poets and studied poetry so they knew how to properly convey what they were seeing in words and saying that the arts played a huge role in their time in space. oh my god
you need to be delusionally optimistic
negative thinking poisons your brain and leads to congitive decline
whereas positive thinking, and gaslighting yourself into thinking everything is amazing, ACTUALLY makes your life amazing too.
you must be a silly goose
In 1986, psychiatrist George Pollock documented that the nervous system activates grief responses at the same time each year - even when the conscious mind has no memory of the date
Mark Cuban says taking out a loan to go to college is the dumbest thing you can do
"If you can't afford it you can't afford it. Don't take out a ton of loans and f#ck up your future"
"I tell people go to community college. Accounting class is accounting class whether it's at a community college or at Harvard"
"The delta between the most basic four year school and the best public universities is really small"
We cannot have sustainable energy because it threatens the oil industry. We cannot have healthcare because it threatens insurance. We cannot have peace because it threatens the weapons industry. Capitalism built a system where doing the right thing is treated like bad business.