"...try thinking of each day as a set of four quarters: morning, midday, afternoon, evening. If you blow one quarter, you get back on track for the next quarter. Fail small, not big." —Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives by Gretchen Rubin
Baumol Effect or Baumol’s Cost Disease
"In economics, the Baumol effect, also known as Baumol's cost disease, first described by William J. Baumol and William G. Bowen in the 1960s, is the tendency for wages in jobs that have experienced little or no increase in labor productivity to rise in response to rising wages in other jobs that did experience high productivity growth."
Iron and Soul by Henry Rollins
"The Iron never lies to you. You can walk outside and listen to all kinds of talk, get told that you’re a god or a total bastard. The Iron will always kick you the real deal. The Iron is the great reference point, the all-knowing perspective giver. Always there like a beacon in the pitch … Continue reading Iron and Soul by Henry Rollins
Cutting Concepts: Status, Relationships, Society and Civilizations.
"Cultural evolution is about overcoming human nature. Or rather, it is about encouraging certain aspects of human nature and suppressing other aspects of human nature. Without civilization, humans tend to organize into small, slightly polygynous groups that fight each other over women and resources. Civilizations evolved because they could form bigger and more efficient armies … Continue reading Cutting Concepts: Status, Relationships, Society and Civilizations.
The ‘Alpha Male’ Myth, Debunked by Frans De Waal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inx2dMobzYs h/t The Daily Grail.
People Who Died by The Jim Carroll Band
Zuihitsu, 2024-03
Technically, zuihitsu are longer reflections than what I tend to collect. But, the general idea is right. Here’s this month’s installment. If you want the complete set, please download the fortune file. There are problems in this universe for which there are no answers. Nothing. Nothing can be done. Is there anything actually bad about this? … Continue reading Zuihitsu, 2024-03
These Arms of Mine by Otis Redding
Nick Cave on ‘Woke’
“The concept that there are problems with the world we need to address, such as social justice; I’m totally down with that. However, I don’t agree with the methods that are used in order to reach this goal – shutting down people, cancelling people. There’s a lack of mercy, a lack of forgiveness. These go … Continue reading Nick Cave on ‘Woke’
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