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The inability to forecast the past has no impact on our desire to forecast the future. Certainty is so valuable that we’ll never give up the quest for it, and most people couldn’t get out of bed in the morning if they were honest about how uncertain the future is.
Same as Ever
Morgan Housel
Religion explains the world by means of stories. You could say that gods are the protagonists of the grand stories that religions use to explain the world. By contrast, philosophy rejects stories. It tries to explain the world by means of abstract concepts that have no protagonists.
The Courage to Be Happy
Ichiro Kishimi
Stop seeking empathy & sympathy from people who will never give it.
My parents lived a way harder life and view mine as a cake walk. Trying to get them to show any form of empathy is not productive.
Therapy met this need.
Things I Know at 35,
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