Join Notes
A batch of the best highlights from what Tristan's read, .
When the Buddha sat under the bo tree, he faced east—the direction of the rising sun.
The Power of Myth
Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers
Perhaps this is why many of the most habit-forming products are those that provide continuous forms of novelty. Video games provide visual novelty. Porn provides sexual novelty. Junk foods provide culinary novelty. Each of these experiences offer continual elements of surprise.
Atomic Habits
James Clear
Myth must be kept alive. The people who can keep it alive are artists of one kind or another. The function of the artist is the mythologization of the environment and the world.
The Power of Myth
Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers
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