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Carl Schmitt says it is a “sign of inner conflict to have more than one real enemy.”11 The same holds for friends. Following Schmitt, having more than one true friend would betoken a lack of character and definition. One’s many friends on Facebook would offer further proof of the late-modern ego’s lack of character and definition. In positive terms, such a human being without character is flexible, able to assume any form, play any role, or perform any function. This shapelessness—or, alternately, flexibility—creates a high degree of economic efficiency.
The Burnout Society
Han, Byung-Chul;
In practical terms, three rules of thumb are especially useful for harnessing the power of patience as a creative force in daily life. The first is to develop a taste for having problems.
Four Thousand Weeks
Oliver Burkeman
We tend to spend our whole lives looking for a way to fix the past so we can have permission to enter the present, only to find out that we didn’t need permission at all. The whole paradoxical catastrophe is tragically ridiculous.
Can't Stop Thinking
Nancy Colier and Stephan Bodian
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