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A USEFUL LIFE IS A GOOD LIFE, A LIFE WORTH HAVING LIVED
“Try to live a useful life. Do things that are useful to your fellow human beings, to the world.  It’s very hard to be useful, very hard.  Are you contributing more than you consume? Can you try to have a positive net contribution to society? I think that’s the thing to aim for. Not to try to be a leader for the sake of being a leader.  If you live a useful life, that is a good life, a life worth having lived.”

— Elon Musk

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“When I founded WikiLeaks, it was driven by a simple dream: to educate people about how the world works so that, through understanding, we might bring about something better. Having a map of where we are lets us understand where we might go”

— Julian Assange

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What Makes a Leader Great?

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donotdestroy:

“In order to understand what happens in your body when you dislike someone, you can start by trying to understand fear. As Robert Sapolsky writes in “Why Your Brain Hates Other People,” when we see someone who even looks different from us, “there is preferential activation of the amygdala,” which means the brain region associated with fear and aggression flares up. This visceral, emotional reaction can spark a long-term pattern of dislike when it’s validated by action: if you perceive that someone has hurt you, your fear of them becomes rational. Our negative feelings toward someone get stronger as bad experiences with them pile up, and these negative thoughts trigger the fight-or-flight response in our bodies.”

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My Foolish Dream

In the distance of time hear the sound
Of those who believe they have found
The light in the dark through the beat of a heart
And the vision of freedom to come
We live in a time of despair
Where the cries of the people lie bare
Generations have passed, heard the slogans enmasse

So when will we be free at last?
While the strain of new voices spread far
Drowning light from a delicate star
But I hold in my heart a dream that I guard
It’s secrets sung by the caged dove
There’s a beautiful sound that I hear
It’s the sound of true freedom for we
And it whispers to me,

“Take my hand and you’ll see
That the dream lives for all who believe”

Let your tears wash away all the fears
Mother nature proved over the years
That for those who turn their back will never know they lack
The song of true freedom I hear
My only foolish dream
An innocent dream

— United Future Organization – My Foolish Dream – Feat. Monday Michiru

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“So, you’re not an artist, but you give people advice on how to become one?”

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donotdestroy:

“So bullshitting isn’t just nonsense. It’s constructed in order to appear meaningful, though on closer examination, it isn’t. And bullshit isn’t the same as lying. A liar knows the truth but makes statements deliberately intended to sell people on falsehoods. bullshitters, in contrast, aren’t concerned about what’s true or not, so much as they’re trying to appear as if they know what they’re talking about. In that sense, bullshitting can be thought of as a verbal demonstration of the Dunning-Kruger effect—when people speak from a position of disproportionate confidence about their knowledge relative to what little they actually know, bullshit is often the result.”

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donotdestroy:

“Honesty in art often refers to the sincerity, authenticity, and integrity of the artist’s expression. It’s about conveying genuine emotions, ideas, or experiences without pretense or manipulation. Honest art reflects the artist’s true vision and reflects their personal truth, even if it’s uncomfortable or unconventional.”

By ChatGPT

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“Their opinions don’t pay your bills.”

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“Living your truth is daunting and yet empowering, unimaginable but possible, raw and fulfilling. It may be the greatest gift we can give ourselves, but it can be completely overwhelming. As several celebrities recently spoke openly about their sexual orientation and gender identity, they become an example of what is possible, ushering in an era of being oneself completely.”

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donotdestroy:

“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.”

— Herman Melville

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