Geordi

“We don’t have an anger problem in American politics. We have a contempt problem. . . . If you listen to how people talk to each other in political life today, you notice it is with pure contempt. When somebody around you treats you with contempt, you never quite forget it. So if we want to solve the problem of polarization today, we have to solve the contempt problem.”
― Arthur C Brooks, Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America from the Culture of Contempt

“Almost nothing material is needed for a happy life, for he who has understood existence.”
― Marcus Aurelius

“Don’t spike dopamine prior to engaging in effort, and don’t spike dopamine after engaging in effort. Learn to spike dopamine from effort itself”
― Andrew D. Huberman

“Both bad driving and bad voting are dangerous not merely to the individual who practices them, but to innocent bystanders.”
― Bryan Caplan, The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies