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Instead of checking items off a list, the Buddha suggests shining a light on yourself and others. “Dwell as a lamp unto yourself,” he advised his disciple Ananda. He meant that happiness comes from the illumination of your greatest virtues, thus showing the way for other people, and making visible to yourself your true purpose. This ancient wisdom is a near-perfect summary of what the research says will bring us true well-being as we make our way through life.
How to Feel Successful Without Keeping Score
theatlantic.com
Too often we take the simplest things for granted. But what does it mean to take something for granted? It means that we are being supported by someone, or something, but are not aware of that support.
A Natural Approach to Mental Wellness
Gregg Krech
Yeah, if Muskism is actively trying to eliminate the workers paycheck, and it’s not integrating people via mass consumption, who is actually funding all of this? Like how do you build a planetary scale empire with satellites and rockets and gigafactories if you aren’t relying on a massive middle class buying your products? That is the million dollar question.
And the AI models latched onto it immediately. The answer, according to the sources, relies on two pillars. State symbiosis and financial fabulism.
An Interesting Experiment With LLMs
jjn1
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