Head, meet sand

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“ A person who has not been completely alienated, who has remained sensitive and able to feel, who has not lost the sense of dignity, who is not yet “for sale”, who can still suffer over the suffering of others, who has not acquired fully the having mode of existence - briefly, a person who has remained a person and not become a thing - cannot help feeling lonely, powerless, isolated in present-day society. He cannot help doubting himself and his own convictions, if not his sanity. He cannot help suffering, even though he can experience moments of joy and clarity that are absent in the life of his “normal” contemporaries.

— Erich Fromm (via psychotherapy)

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omfgbikes:

oh man kiss training wheels good by.

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Bags.

» Cuil Theory: What Is Cuil Theory?

sujay:

One Cuil = One level of abstraction away from the reality of a situation.

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ronniebruce:

The Cyclist (via)

kari-shma:

Sunset (via teenytinyturkey)

jakelodwick:

I read this a little over a week ago. It rings so true I can hardly stand it. To what area of human endeavor does the principle, “Set your own limits or the environment will set them for you” not apply? Yet who lives by it consistently?

From Thinking in Systems: A Primer by Donella Meadows.

hannahcooper:deplorableword:

Troxler’s fading

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“ Any coward can fight a battle when he’s sure of winning, but give me the man who has pluck to fight when he’s sure of losing. That’s my way, sir; and there are many victories worse than a defeat.

— George Eliot

» Drinking coffee in London

Raising the bar - the independent cafes and Antipodean attitudes regenerating our coffee culture

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…bed, board and books