Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday Ego is a double-edged sword, capable of both empowering and hindering us. It can provide confidence and drive, propelling us towards our goals, but it can also lead to arrogance and close-mindedness. Finding the right balance is crucial for personal growth and success. By embracing humility, acknowledging our weaknesses, and staying open to…
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If you want to reverse racism, you have to find a way to reverse the power relationship. There are several levers for reversing the balance of power: – the demographic lever (the law of numbers) – financial capital – symbolic capital – cultural capital – social capital – religious capital – […] Racism is generally applied against a group that…
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Some decisions we make are the result of disgust. The example of stopping eating meat or drinking alcohol is one of them. Seeing an animal suffer because it is raised for its meat is reason enough to stop eating its flesh. Seeing a loved one destroy their life because of alcohol is also a great motivator to stop drinking alcohol.…
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The human brain is designed to protect itself and anticipate dangers. This negativity bias prevents us from seeing the world in an optimistic light. We tend to remember only the bad things we have done. This is why it is necessary to make a conscious effort to improve the positive perception we have of ourselves. We Always Regret Our Bad…
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If you look around, people’s salaries mostly follow this rule. Moreover, Musk’s will to solve the problem of the survival of the human species by making man a being with a multiplanetary civilization (via SpaceX and the colonization of Mars) could explain why he was once the richest man on the planet (it was actually thanks to the explosion of…
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This idea is not mine, it comes from a YouTuber who publishes critical videos on current events: link We’ve been raised and educated in cultures that value the question to get to know each other. It’s not like that everywhere. In Japan, it’s very frowned upon to ask questions at every turn. People cultivate a certain modesty and refrain from…
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The culture of cancellation is strong today. We all live with a sword of Damocles hanging over our heads: maybe one day, what we have said or done during our lives will be disowned and criticized by those who follow us. Do we have to live with fear in our stomachs to escape a future popular vindication? The culture of…
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There is a form of racism that jumps out at you and there is a racism that is more subtle. We can commonly speak of macro-racism and micro-racism (for the micro-aggressions that it generates). We can say that modern societies are the place where a war is taking place that does not say its name and of which the soldiers…
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Fear is a natural emotion that we share with animals. Overcoming fear is like making a hero out of yourself for a moment. Why? Because we have gone beyond our conditioning to touch our immaterial, permanent nature, that which is our nobility. Fear being natural, it is more related to our physical dimension. It allows us to preserve our body.…
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Information is a duty for every citizen. A good citizen is one who learns about the harshness of other people’s lives and the injustices that may be suffered by other peoples and even other species. This information effort is necessary to raise awareness but also to take action. It is reasonable to say that the media are not playing the…
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