On being you-ish.............

 

Your life’s goal should be to become the most improbable person you can be. Your path, your character, your life, should be the most unlikely, the most unexpected, the least predictable version you can make. Improbable lives have fewer competitors, more unique rewards, and are harder to replace with AIs, since AIs run on the predictable. . . .

The more you-ish you become, the less competition you have, because you are occupying your own niche. Less competition means you don’t have to be in a race; you can relax and focus on your strengths. You have the space to become even more you, and even less likely.

-Kevin Kelly, from this substack

A virtuous cycle....................

 

Regular meditation will support better sleep. Better sleep will allow deeper and more profound meditation.

-Nicholas Bate

On doing good.....................

 

.......................................and feeling good.

Influence..........................

      If you want to make the world a better place, work on being trustworthy, and honor those who are trustworthy.  Be a good friend and surround yourself with worthy friends.  Don't gossip.  Resist the joke that might hurt someone's feelings even when it's clever.  And try not to laugh when your friend tells you that clever joke at someone's expense.  Being good is not just good for you and those around you, but because it helps others be good as well.  Set a good example, and by your loveliness you will not only be loved, but you may influence the world.

-Russ Roberts, How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life:  An Unexpected Guide To Human Nature And Happiness

a torment without end.................

Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies.

-C. S. Lewis, read the balance of the passage here