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Stop thinking so much about the “problem,” taking everyone else’s inventory—diagnosing and repairing the cause of your discontent. And instead, turn your focus to your own responses and attitude; attend to who you want to be in a world that will always be not entirely to your liking. Then you can create a good life without changing anyone or anything.
Can't Stop Thinking
Colier, Nancy
However, if I could wave a magic wand, Americans would go back to using racism to refer to personal sentiment, while we would phase out so hopelessly confusing a term as societal racism.
A Nation Divided by Language
theatlantic.com
It was a mistake of reasoning to conclude that orchids have an “innate” tendency to be taller than cacti. Only if you assume that the shared environment is unchangeable. And we can be misled by the fact that we did vary various environmental factors (water, food, etc) while missing that there was one big one that we were not varying.
We Don’t Know Our Potential ❧ Current Affairs
currentaffairs.org
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