The Mexican embrace of uncertainty, forged in the crucible of history, captures a truer vulnerability of human existence than Western certitudes offer.
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Scott Alexander's monthly links post: a curated, opinionated tour of what he read and thought about in February — from psychology papers to book reviews to the kind of weird Twitter threads that don't make it elsewhere.
Joy is not a function of a life free of friction, but a function of focus—an inner elevation by the fulcrum of choice.
Popova's framing is sturdier than 'happiness is a choice': joy is what you elevate by deliberate attention, not what happens to you. Actually actionable.
The Marginalian (Maria Popova)Maria Popova on what trees know about resilience, surrender, and the deep time of becoming — a meditation on letting go, drawn from a poem that was first read aloud at the Universe in Verse.