A provocative essay arguing that humans weren't given souls by God or genes — we made them ourselves with language, turning sentience into something sacred.
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Get Linkwise — free on iPhoneRichard Hamming's famous 1986 Bell Labs talk on what makes the difference between a great researcher and an ordinary one — the habits, the courage, the daily choices about what to work on.
Leave the door open for the unknown, the door into the dark.
The thesis of every worthwhile midlife crisis: the doors that change your life are the ones you refuse to seal shut behind you.
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.