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WHAT IS PERCEPTION? It’s how we see and understand what occurs around us—and what we decide those events will mean. Our perceptions can be a source of strength or of great weakness.
The Obstacle Is the Way
Ryan Holiday
If they succeed too much, they get addicted to the typical adult reaction: Wow, aren’t you clever? and, to a lesser extent, to admiration from younger siblings.
The Gervais Principle
Venkatesh Rao
But the point Narayan was making is that, as we go about our day-to-day lives, we impart a kind of narrative meaning to things. Ultimately these narratives assume large form. We decide that something we’ve done was a huge mistake, and if we had done something else instead, everything would be wonderful. Or we decide that we must have some particular possession or achievement, and if we don’t get it, everything will be horrible. Underlying these narratives, at their foundation, are elementary narrative judgments about the goodness or badness of things in themselves. So, for example,
Why Buddhism Is True
Robert Wright
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