This essay hits the nail on the head in terms of showing how misleading the label of "luxury" can be, and how we can take more pleasure in many more everyday experiences as long as we attune our senses to their value.

“America First” crowd when it’s time to feed 40 million Americans

big energetic disconnect—a schism, even—between people who see child-like playfulness as a sign of vitality and intellectual curiosity versus people who see it as unacceptable immaturity

Another tweet with the same energy: https://t.co/FdQ9fhMnJo

I once got nerdsniped into these myself and I would say my boost in general mood during the past year has come from focusing on having an impact first on what's immediately around me. I can't help but think evolution has wired us to feel abstract empathy only to a certain level.

Next time your kids scream in public and someone without kids seems annoyed, remember they’re free-riding. Our species is done unless we have kids. The people who choose to spend time and money on themselves instead of the next generation can hear a little bit of crying.

<Techno optimism with a healthy fear of God

One thing I notice in SF is the blurred lines between work and play time e.g. people performative coding at bars / parties signaling “hustle”. This is extremely peasant-coded and not conducive to great work imo. History’s elites and greats kept strict borders and took leisure

I regret to inform you that all your goals are just shitty proxies for love and tribal belonging

You waterboard your imagination with information and wonder why it does not speak

Not Lindy

I'm telling you... It's time to stop with this Left/Right nonsense attempt at categorizing people... For no other reason than it isn't working anymore, at all. It has lost all ability to analyze or define. It's baby babble to me at this point... 0 clarity or function

what's truly unsettling is how comfortable young americans are sacrificing themselves for causes that barely touch their lives. in the past, ideological suicide missions made a dark kind of sense - coming from those under abject control or palpable suffering. we're wading

I think having small friendly interactions with strangers is so important for humanity

If you feel like you won today, it’s more important than ever to be kind to those who feel they lost. Show them that their fears of you were misplaced.

Real. Bad decisions at least provide information, which is what you lack when you are indecisive, and will help you more in the long run (assuming you’re self aware enough to reflect on them).

unpopular opinion but the whole "no drinking" vibe is correlated with a massive spike in social isolation. yes, binge drinking is bad, but going out for a glass of wine or a beer with friends on the regular actually has positive effects that outweigh the negative health

Degrowthers should lead by example. Don't tell us how you think we should live. Live that way yourselves, and show us how much better it is.

Every now and then I look at the way sidewalks are slightly pitched for drainage, and I remember there are thousands of little details like this hidden in plain sight - incalculable love and effort that past generations put into improving life that we now benefit from