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The toxins you are ingesting are your own thoughts. The present moment is usually okay, but you are actively injecting it with discontent.
Can't Stop Thinking
Nancy Colier and Stephan Bodian
At the end of the book, Kelly McGonigal concludes:
*“If there is a secret for greater self-control, the science points to one thing:* ***the power of paying attention*** *. It’s training the mind to recognize when you’re making a choice, rather than running on autopilot.”*
I Have 10 Pieces of Willpower Wisdom to Share With You
Charlotte Grysolle
It's scale that attracts the impatient flows of venture capital, and scale that underpins claims about emergent superintelligence. In the eyes of AI's advocates there are no social, environmental or planetary limits. Indeed, they argue for going further and faster because only AI can save us from the climate crisis and cure all human disease.
Decomputing as Resistance
Dan McQuillan
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