Mikhail Costa

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Mikhail is Currently Reading

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Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers: The Acclaimed Guide to Stress, Stress-Related Diseases, and Coping

by Robert M. Sapolsky

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The Coming Wave

by Mustafa Suleyman

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Burn: The Misunderstood Science of Metabolism

by Herman Pontzer

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Mikhail’s Notes & Highlights

Serotonina by Michel Houellebecq

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Su mirada destilaba bondad y felicidad;

“The past is always beautiful. So, for that matter, is the future. Only the present hurts, and we carry it around like an abscess of suffering, our compassion between two infinities of happiness and peace.”
― Michel Houellebecq, Soumission

tags: compassion, future, past, suffering

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“Start by being nice to every person you meet. But if someone tries to exercise power over you, exercise power over him.”
― Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life

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“The cognitive sciences have replaced literature as the way many people attempt to understand their own minds.”
― David Brooks, The Road to Character

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“Today, teachers tend to look for their students’ intellectual strengths, so they can cultivate them. But a century ago, professors tended to look for their students’ moral weaknesses, so they could correct them.”
― David Brooks, The Road to Character

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“We don’t become better because we acquire new information. We become better because we acquire better loves. We don’t become what we know. Education is a process of love formation. When you go to a school, it should offer you new things to love.”
― David Brooks, The Road to Character

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