1894 || don't cosign your fears + insecurities
When you’re afraid of someone else judging you, you are only afraid of the confirmation of things you already believe about yourself. I am n...
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20 of 1,924 episodes1893 || how + why to vote if you haven't
"War doesn't end when one side dies, it ends when one side surrenders. If you have given up, it's already over. When you understand a system...
1892 || intentional friction
Modern design demands that your brain should constantly focus on productivity, metrics, optimization, and achievement. In late-stage consume...
1891 || spirit of the goal vs. the reward
Humans will always focus on the easiest path towards positive feedback (or avoiding negative feedback). We love a little treat. If we're not...
1890 || the spirit of the metrics
Sometimes our emotional world's and subjective experiences are what make us MORE reliable, not less. The focus on getting a high score actua...
1889 || the tyranny of metrics
The focus on getting a high score actually distorts what we're scoring. The problem is not measurement, but a fixation on it "When a measure...
1888 || when the measure becomes the target
"When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure." - Goodhart’s Law We're not cogs in a machine. We are so much more than th...
1887 || bossware: is your company spying on you 24/7?
According to Ronan Farrow, over 70% of employers use some form of digital monitoring. They rank you against your coworkers and flag you if t...
1886 || avarice (the greed is limitless)
"Every product is a bait with which to seduce away the other’s very being, his money; every real and possible need is a weakness which will...
another argument against billionaires
Today is a re-release of an old episode, I'll be back Monday with the follow up to the Karl Marx series. The inequality crisis is obscene an...
the case against billionaires
Today is a re-release of an old episode, I'll be back Monday with the follow up to the Karl Marx series. The inequality crisis is obscene an...
1885 || money reduces everything to a need for more money
"Every product is a bait with which to seduce away the other’s very being, his money; every real and possible need is a weakness which will...
1884 || Karoshi
We’ve been strategically stripped of our ability to relax, which has taken away our ability to create, and most of us have completely forgot...
1883 || addiction vs expansion
The addict has found the right door but is using the wrong key. Research: People hate to think Reading: Jung on addiction Article : How to S...
1882 || your focus is a commodity
You are born worthy, and you are worthy now. No matter how productive you are, you are still inherently valuable. It's time we designed a sy...
1881 || practice strategic underachievement
Remember, C's get degrees and nobody is checking your grades after you graduate. Resist identifying with your work ethic. Resist the hedonic...
1880 || refusing without withdrawal
Doing nothing doesn't mean turning your back on the world. Instead, we must "stand apart" and view things from a new perspective without wit...
1879 || the art of refusal not withdrawal
Rather than fleeing society completely, the idea of "doing nothing" means disengaging from the toxic demands of continuous capitalist produc...
1878 || doing nothing is doing something
This is real. You are real. You reading this is real. Extend the time you have by paying attention to what is real. Even when it's uncomfort...
1877 || unproductive and still worthy
Capitalism has shaped our economies, our politics, and our emotional psychology. A society that puts profits > people will trickle down i...