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good read, recommended to take 5 minutes https://benroy.substack.com/p/notes-on-internet-addiction
Being so online has implications for our personal lives. Common side effects include increased anxiety, depression, envy, and insecurity. That, along with shrinking attention spans and disrupted sleep.

Being so online has implications for wider culture as well. People are becoming more average over time because we’re all consuming the same content curated for us by TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, X and so on. This is often talked about as “algorithmic flattening,” and what that means is when we all consume the same inputs, we create similar outputs whether that’s in the form of art, startups, research, or even thoughts. We're all losing our floofy spiky uniqueness and being eroded into a standard shape, which crushes originality and creativity at a societal scale.
good enough compounds, perfection postpones
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was recently posed this question

What are the principles of marketing to you?

my answer:
marketing is pretty much sales to me, and having some sales background, i would say
a) clarity in message/pitch, because customers do not have time to try decipher your sophisticated messaging (KISS)
b) consistent branding throughout -> trust and credibility
c) audience always comes first, do not create anything that you wouldn't want to watch/see
d) sell dreams and emotions

wanted to gather some thoughts on this question, whether you’re an experienced marketer or not

what are the principles of marketing to you?

lmk!
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unattractive people do not know that they are unattractive

https://www.tiktok.com/@bookswithamanda212/video/7584242263413345549
kinda reminds me of Egocentric Bias

The egocentric bias is a cognitive bias that causes people to rely too heavily on their own point of view when they examine events in their life or when they try to see things from other people’s perspective.

Example:
Individuals tend to believe they contribute more than others in the group or their partner. A classic study with married couples found that when both partners estimated their share of housework, the total percentage often exceeded 100%.

https://effectiviology.com/egocentric-bias/
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started humblespace in Jan 2025 and fast forward 12 months we now have 160 people!

frankly quite heartened that there are 160 people interested in this channel's random topics and reads which is super wholesome

no specific niche, just pure breadth

too many things in life to be fascinated by

hope to see more like-minded people here in 2026

looking forward to more reads and discussions 🙂
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was recently posed this question What are the principles of marketing to you? my answer: marketing is pretty much sales to me, and having some sales background, i would say a) clarity in message/pitch, because customers do not have time to try decipher…
my current mini obsession is marketing

it was something i used to dislike back in university because i thought it was just designing pretty posters and videos and that it was a female dominated field

now i'm getting fascinated by the human psych aspect of things in marketing and reading up materials on how to be a good marketer

might start a curriculum for this into 2026

https://news.1rj.ru/str/humblespace/659 :
So I became really intentional about having “side quests”

E.g. I used to read very specific research papers about non-work topics I’m curious about

I’ve been seeing lots of content about creating your own curriculum:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQmiEOrkWgQ/?igsh=MXNxb3Fyamp5eTA3MQ==
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Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green

an indepth read into the history of the world's leading cause of death

John managed to weave stories of patients together with statistics and facts to keep it interesting

some parts were a bit harder to get through due to jargon and walls of facts, but nevertheless i felt like i did gain more awareness about tuberculosis

lastly, pretty happy that Henry survived because at multiple points i thought he was about to succumb to TB

main takeaways:
- Tuberculosis remains the world's deadliest infection because of injustice
- it is curable, yet because of corporation's greed and inaccessibility to treatment, millions are still dying every year

fav quotes:
Nothing is so privileged as thinking history belongs to the past.

People living with TB today have told me that fighting the disease is hard, but fighting the stigma of their communities is even harder.


3.8/5
good extra reading
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[BR] Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green an indepth read into the history of the world's leading cause of death John managed to weave stories of patients together with statistics and facts to keep it interesting some parts were a bit harder to get…
(from the book)

did you know?

Before the germ theory of disease, we did not know that around half the cells in our body do not belong to us! they are bacteria and other microscopic organisms colonizing our body. to one degree or another, these microorganisms can also control the body. Some of your thoughts might not belong to you, but the microorganisms in your digestive tract. Research also indicates that certain gut biomes are associated with major depression and anxiety disorders too!
Allen Dib’s answer to

What is marketing?