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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
I call “the New Jim Code”: the employment of new technologies that reflect and reproduce existing inequities but that are promoted and perceived as more objective or progressive than the discriminatory systems of a previous era.8 Like other kinds of codes that we think of as neutral, “normal” names have power by virtue of their perceived neutrality. They trigger stories about what kind of person is behind the name – their personality and potential, where they come from but also where they should go.
Race After Technology
Ruha Benjamin
In other words, next time you’re feeling happy or calm, joyful or content, or some other pleasant emotion, take the opportunity to fully notice what that feels like. Notice what you feel in your body. Notice how you’re breathing, talking, or gesturing. Notice any urges, thoughts, memories, sensations, and images. Take a few moments to appreciate this emotion; to enjoy it.
The Happiness Trap
Russ Harris
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