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There was a theorist called Zygmunt Bauman who wrote about “liquid love,” the idea that late capitalism had “liquified” a lot of connections between people. When the world is a marketplace, he argued, we don’t want to tie ourselves tightly ...more
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Atul Gawande
“In the end, people don't view their life as merely the average of all its moments—which, after all, is mostly nothing much plus some sleep. For human beings, life is meaningful because it is a story. A story has a sense of a whole, and its arc is determined by the significant moments, the ones where something happens. Measurements of people's minute-by-minute levels of pleasure and pain miss this fundamental aspect of human existence. A seemingly happy life maybe empty. A seemingly difficult life may be devoted to a great cause. We have purposes larger than ourselves.”
Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

Eric Jorgenson
“Realize that in modern society, the downside risk is not that large. Even personal bankruptcy can wipe the debts clean in good ecosystems. I’m most familiar with Silicon Valley, but generally, people will forgive failures as long as you were honest and made a high-integrity effort. There’s not really that much to fear in terms of failure, and so people should take on a lot more accountability than they do. [78]”
Eric Jorgenson, The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

Uzma Jalaluddin
“Just remember to pack light. Dreams tend to shatter if you're carrying other people's hopes around with you.”
Uzma Jalaluddin, Ayesha at Last

Paul Kalanithi
“You can’t ever reach perfection, but you can believe in an asymptote toward which you are ceaselessly striving.”
Paul Kalanithi, When Breath Becomes Air

“When the fresh patient comes to me the usual query is: "Will I be able to speak like the King?" and my reply is: "Yes, if you will work like he does." [says Lionel Logue]”
Mark Logue, The King's Speech

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