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more is lost with indecision than wrong decision https://youtube.com/shorts/aRJz_yVDa3I?si=wT5RKaFBIwiewFYT
this is something i’ve been sharing around as well
i’ve read/listened to plenty of deathbed/elderly interviews and the answers mostly fall into a small bucket
it’s never “i wished i worked harder/ earned more money/ bought that house”, but its
- i wish i spent more time w loved ones
- i wish i took action
- i wish i took care of myself better
- i wish i cherished life more
- i wish i stopped being afraid
and ive always found it so fascinating how millions of different and unique people all eventually converge into the same talking points nearing heaven’s door
it’s something most people know, yet have not internalised
which is why i always try to live by the motto of fearing regret more than failure
i rather fail than sit in the regrets of “what if” for the rest of my life
i still succumb to fears and distractions at times, but i guess that’s life - a constant work in progress
i’ve read/listened to plenty of deathbed/elderly interviews and the answers mostly fall into a small bucket
it’s never “i wished i worked harder/ earned more money/ bought that house”, but its
- i wish i spent more time w loved ones
- i wish i took action
- i wish i took care of myself better
- i wish i cherished life more
- i wish i stopped being afraid
and ive always found it so fascinating how millions of different and unique people all eventually converge into the same talking points nearing heaven’s door
it’s something most people know, yet have not internalised
which is why i always try to live by the motto of fearing regret more than failure
i rather fail than sit in the regrets of “what if” for the rest of my life
i still succumb to fears and distractions at times, but i guess that’s life - a constant work in progress
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Warren Buffett’s few final thoughts in his final letter
https://x.com/dgt10011/status/1987942740663927032?s=46&t=nluSw7cwYGx8zFxfoYi5Iw
https://x.com/dgt10011/status/1987942740663927032?s=46&t=nluSw7cwYGx8zFxfoYi5Iw
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if something burns your soul with purpose and desire, it’s your duty to be reduced to ashes by it
“I am ready. I am six foot four. I have done the work.” What work? Love is precisely the place where work collapses into failure. You study and then you fail the exam.
https://x.com/paularambles/status/1987743577523532036
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“paula” (@paularambles) on X
Ah! You see, this miserable little document, this so-called date-me doc, is our era’s most honest pornography. It pretends to be romance, but what is it really? It is no longer the trembling hand on paper, the confession of desire. It is a spreadsheet of…
people are afraid of *falling* in love, because falling means losing control and surrendering our self-certainty
we want to love without falling, desire without danger, affection without attachment. to feel without risking, to be transformed without burning, or in other words, safe, sanitised, detached. dating apps enable this, because everyone is presented at an arms length
but love is a freefall, a kind of madness and “traumatic encounter with the real”, which people often then avoid, no matter how much they say they want love
https://youtu.be/rrxk2WzrE14
we want to love without falling, desire without danger, affection without attachment. to feel without risking, to be transformed without burning, or in other words, safe, sanitised, detached. dating apps enable this, because everyone is presented at an arms length
but love is a freefall, a kind of madness and “traumatic encounter with the real”, which people often then avoid, no matter how much they say they want love
https://youtu.be/rrxk2WzrE14
YouTube
[PART]-Žižek - Our Fear of Falling in Love
Slavoj Žižek discusses the 21st century fear of falling in love.
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It has a very high “excellent random meal” factor because of the high volume of restaurants.
I briefly recall friends also saying, "everything in Japan in good" when I asked for food recommendations. In fact, I was highly encouraged to randomly walk into small local or family run stalls by the roadside. The culture of perfection probably helps a lot as well.
https://x.com/yongfook/status/1987808891669975470?s=20
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Jon Yongfook (@yongfook) on X
Eating out culture in Tokyo is not like other cities. Tokyo has 10x the number of restaurants compared to LA so the whole idea of a top 10 or top 50 list is just nonsense. Tokyo breaks the conventional model that there’s some specific place all the way across…
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this is an interesting take on air conditioning
something seemingly minor, but yet causing larger magnitudes of effects in society
https://x.com/levelsio/status/1987759309619446177?s=20
something seemingly minor, but yet causing larger magnitudes of effects in society
https://x.com/levelsio/status/1987759309619446177?s=20
X (formerly Twitter)
@levelsio (@levelsio) on X
🇸🇬 Singapore too is now compromised by degrowthers
The AC in most buildings is now set to a sweaty 25°C/77°F by government recommendation called "Go 25"
Sleep, productivity and learning rapidly decreases once indoor temperature exceeds 23°C/73°F
Lee Kuan…
The AC in most buildings is now set to a sweaty 25°C/77°F by government recommendation called "Go 25"
Sleep, productivity and learning rapidly decreases once indoor temperature exceeds 23°C/73°F
Lee Kuan…
humblespace
this is an interesting take on air conditioning something seemingly minor, but yet causing larger magnitudes of effects in society https://x.com/levelsio/status/1987759309619446177?s=20
23 degrees is the optimal temperature for productivity and sleep
humblespace
https://x.com/sfmcguire79/status/1988402104869015998?s=20
UC San Diego has released a new report documenting a “steep decline in the academic preparedness” of its freshmen.
The number of entering students needing remedial math has exploded from 1/100 to 1/8.
“This deterioration coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on education, the elimination of standardized testing, grade inflation, and the expansion of admissions from under-resourced high schools.”
https://x.com/sfmcguire79/status/1988246741766861034?s=20
The number of entering students needing remedial math has exploded from 1/100 to 1/8.
“This deterioration coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on education, the elimination of standardized testing, grade inflation, and the expansion of admissions from under-resourced high schools.”
https://x.com/sfmcguire79/status/1988246741766861034?s=20
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Steve McGuire (@sfmcguire79) on X
NEW: UC San Diego has released a new report documenting a “steep decline in the academic preparedness” of its freshmen.
The number of entering students needing remedial math has exploded from 1/100 to 1/8.
They’ve had to create a second remedial class covering…
The number of entering students needing remedial math has exploded from 1/100 to 1/8.
They’ve had to create a second remedial class covering…
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the “real world” is not something that is fixed
it is whatever someone decided feels normal to them
our real worlds are relative
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOClrNDknFT/?igsh=MTNyMmdsOGpnMDR0Yw==
the “real world” is not something that is fixed
it is whatever someone decided feels normal to them
our real worlds are relative
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOClrNDknFT/?igsh=MTNyMmdsOGpnMDR0Yw==
Instagram
@byameliafaye
What’s strange is how people talk about “the real world” like it’s this fixed thing we’re all supposed to return to.
I’ve been hearing it for two years, about my nomad life being somehow “not real”. Then I land in a kung fu school where training becomes…
I’ve been hearing it for two years, about my nomad life being somehow “not real”. Then I land in a kung fu school where training becomes…
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