A look at the recent research pulling at the edges of the affect-as-information model — when does how you feel actually tell you something about the world, and when is it a misleading internal signal?
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Captures the essay's core insight about how success doesn't exempt you from basics—it's the Zen principle that anchors the entire reflection.
Prestige is just fossilized inspiration. If you do anything well enough, you'll make it prestigious.
If a field needs a Nobel to feel legitimate, the work has probably stopped being interesting. Aim for admiration, not applause.
Anna Gotlib on why romanticising your own life is philosophically dubious, setting up toxic narratives, and an inability to truly love — the cost of living inside your own story.