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“The richest relationships are often those that don’t fit neatly into the preconceived slots we have made for the archetypes we imagine would populate our lives—the friend, the lover, the parent, the sibling, the mentor, the muse. We meet people who belong to no single slot, who figure into multiple categories at different times and in different magnitudes. We then must either stretch ourselves to create new slots shaped after these singular relationships, enduring the growing pains of self-expansion, or petrify.”
― Figuring
― Figuring
“You should try inviting AI to help you in everything you do, barring legal or ethical barriers. As you experiment, you may find that AI help can be satisfying, or frustrating, or useless, or unnerving. But you aren’t just doing this for help alone; familiarizing yourself with AI’s capabilities allows you to better understand how it can assist you—or threaten you and your job.”
― Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI
― Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI
“Good relationships keep us happier, healthier, and help us live longer.”
― The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness
― The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness
“The good life is not always just out of reach after all. It is not waiting in the distant future after a dreamy career success. It’s not set to kick in after you acquire some massive amount of money. The good life is right in front of you, sometimes only an arm’s length away. And it starts now.”
― The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Study on Happiness
― The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Study on Happiness
“the best way to prevent many chronic health problems, improve athletic performance, and extend longevity was to focus on how we breathed, specifically to balance oxygen and carbon dioxide levels in the body. To do this, we’d need to learn how to inhale and exhale slowly.”
― Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
― Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
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