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https://quillette.com/2024/01/...n-laws-of-pessimism/
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| Foregoing Practicing to Post Minor Deity  |
Thanks for this. Good points to keep in mind, many of which had never occurred to me.
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| Has Achieved Nirvana |
Glad you liked it. I’m working my way through a lot of the embedded links that take you to supporting material. Lots of good stuff.
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Has Achieved Nirvana |
I came here to post a link to the same piece. My favorite quote: “ But there is one realm that does follow the Law of Attraction, as the mathematician Spencer Greenberg has noted: in fact, we have expressly designed it to do so. Social media feeds work this way. In real life, if you pay attention to cute puppies while taking a walk, you will not be followed by hordes of cute puppies on your next walk. If you can’t resist rubbernecking a horrible car accident, you will not go on to see more horrible car accidents further down the road. But this is exactly what happens on social media when your attention is drawn to either cute puppies or horrific accidents. Even if you don’t consciously decide that you would like to see more cute puppies (by clicking the “follow” button on an account like The Dogist, say), the algorithm will pick up on your preference and give you more of what it thinks you want.”
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| Foregoing Practicing to Post Minor Deity |
Accentuate the positive. Eliminate the negative. Latch onto the affirmative. Don’t mess with Mr. In-between. (Anybody recognize that?)
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Beatification Candidate |
Yes, that's playing my song.  It wasn't always. I discovered a lot sbout myself from the book Learned Optimism by Martin Seligman years ago. Big Al
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| Foregoing Practicing to Post Minor Deity |
If I stopped watching all those news feeds, what would I do for the day?
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