Leopards don't multi-task
The problem with this seeming humble brag, is that if I’m not “on,” then I’m basically a snail’s fart from useless.
chris westover
curiosity across disciplines
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Nothing to say
Through ordinary life circumstances of work and busyness and bleh at the state of things, I have found it difficult to produce much of interest lately.
You can’t hoard love
Unsurprisingly, it’s in the title: the ingredients for “the good life” are things you can’t hoard.
Whiskey and wonder
Part of his recipe for being happier is “inclining the mind to joy.”
Good ideas hold you back
What we’re looking for, then, if you’re buying this shtick, is “perishable, but pleasant.”
Chili stains and ‘the self’
What is critical is that you and me; we’re the chili absorbing, cheap plastic containers.
Understanding enough
“Understanding enough” is for doing your taxes.
The barista effect
This is a roundabout answer to the question, "is it better to not make mistakes?"
Stress chess
Stress is kinda a bitch.
Less and more
'Less' is less, unless 'less' is enough. Then, it's more.
Hiccups and belching
Nobody gets mad at a mild case of the hiccups. That’s “alter the geometry of the dark triad to a dark square” sort of pathological tendency.
Repetition of imbalance
Every once in a while, you come across something so eloquent that it sidesteps any possible comparison or lumping-in with the aforementioned, half-hearted drivel
Just do nothing
"Don't just do something, stand there!"
Snowballs in July
Sometimes, if you live in a frozen-hellhole of a latitude, you get snow in July. But, that's still pretty rare.
Scavenging
Everything around us is fundamentally scavenged together with some combination of ingenuity, circumstance, and luck.