Blows my mind that people allowed tech companies to convince them that they didn’t need the simple and critical abilities of reading, writing, and being able to think on their own. That passively consuming short form video content and giving up your brains to LLMs was freedom.
i’ve been letting myself be more imperfect lately and not people pleasing and giving grace when i fall short, despite my efforts, and it’s stripping this odd, glorified outlook i had of a “good person.” as long as i’m accountable, there’s not much else to do but just — be.
In hostels you come across europeans or americans who saved up money to backpack through asia by working at a coffee shop for 6 months and that’s when you realise how different life is in developed and in poor countries.
If you’re an anxious person, just do everything for fun. Submit documents for fun. Start a blog for fun. Go to a job interview for fun. ANXIETY FEEDS ON IMPORTANCE. Do not make everything a matter of life and deaťh.
I think second-generation immigrants must learn to live with this tension. If you expect complete belonging from either country, you may be disappointed. The more durable task is to build belonging through family, friendship, and the communities in which you actually live.
South Africa is going through a sponsored seismic political shift right now.These are the years it will solidify itself, and soon we will have our own version of Trump.
My cry (once again) to fellow progressives is that we need more political solutions! Lets learn from the trend