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“I used to think there was such a thing as emptiness, that there were places in the world one could go and be alone. This, I think, is still true, but the error in my reasoning was to assume that alone was somewhere you could go, rather than somewhere you had to be left.”
― Our Wives Under the Sea
― Our Wives Under the Sea
“The appearance of widespread anger, therefore, was an illusion. But human instincts to conform run deep. When people think something has become a matter of consensus, psychologists have found, they tend not only to go along, but to internalize that sentiment as their own.”
― The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World
― The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World
“Social media, by bombarding users with fast-moving social stimuli, pushed them to rely on quick-twitch social intuition over deliberative reason. All people contain the capacity for both, as well as the potential for the former to overwhelm the latter, which is often how misinformation spreads. And platforms compound the effect by framing all news and information within high-stakes social contexts.”
― The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World
― The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World
“People assume it’s a matter of personality, the difference between optimists and pessimists. But I believe it all comes down to an inability to forget. The greater your powers of retention, the slimmer your chances at optimism.”
― The Island of Missing Trees
― The Island of Missing Trees
“In situations of low stress and safety, mind-wandering will be a gift, a pleasure, a creative force. In situations of high stress or danger, mind-wandering will be a torment.”
― Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again
― Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again
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