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Buddhist psychology is uniquely insightful, I think, when it comes to the specific version of clenching I was experiencing on that hillside path: how we make ourselves miserable, not just by railing against bad experiences, or craving experiences we aren’t having, but by trying too hard to hold onto the good experiences we *are* currently having.
The Imperfectionist: You Can't Hoard Life
Oliver Burkeman
These moves to assess—and punish—humanities programs based on their ultimate financial upside should be understood as part of [a broader effort](https://www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/should-us-politicians-be-cutting-humanities-courses) to defund them entirely.
The Humanities Have Sown the Seeds of Their Own Destruction - The Atlantic
Tyler Austin Harper
Hell, Facebook even wants to issue their own sovereign currency so that they can track every cent of every purchase you make globally. To become a shadow bank that integrates purchasing data with behavioural data, to finally complete their user manipulation loop. (10/)
Stephen, Why Are You So...
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