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"Makes the interesting point that the widespread adoption of the car post-WWII is not the only reason why Aussie cities are so car dependent. Another reason is that the State and Federal governments' post-WWII home building programmes bought large tracts of land where they were cheapest, i.e., on the outskirts of established population centres. Land and housing economics also caused our widespread car dependency." — Sep 06, 2026 10:40PM
"Makes the interesting point that the widespread adoption of the car post-WWII is not the only reason why Aussie cities are so car dependent. Another reason is that the State and Federal governments' post-WWII home building programmes bought large tracts of land where they were cheapest, i.e., on the outskirts of established population centres. Land and housing economics also caused our widespread car dependency." — Sep 06, 2026 10:40PM
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"Written in a stream of consciousness style, this has made me think differently about a wide range of OCD-like disorders, that is, everything from eating disorders to body dysmorphia to pathological & violent jealousy. OCD-like tendencies are everywhere. It's made me more bullish on meditation and the plasticity-enhancing nature of psychedelics as must-haves for the treatment of mental health generally." — Aug 01, 2026 10:01PM
"Written in a stream of consciousness style, this has made me think differently about a wide range of OCD-like disorders, that is, everything from eating disorders to body dysmorphia to pathological & violent jealousy. OCD-like tendencies are everywhere. It's made me more bullish on meditation and the plasticity-enhancing nature of psychedelics as must-haves for the treatment of mental health generally." — Aug 01, 2026 10:01PM
“If sleep represents the high point of bodily relaxation, deep boredom is the peak of mental relaxation. A purely hectic rush produces nothing new. It reproduces and accelerates what is already available.”
― The Burnout Society
― The Burnout Society
“It is not enough to be nice; you have to be good. We are attracted by nice people; but only on the assumption that their niceness is a sign of goodness.”
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“John [McCarthy]'s world is a world of ideas, a world in which ideas don't belong to anyone, and in which, when an idea is wrong, just the idea – not the person – is wrong. A world in which ideas are like young birds, and we catch them and proudly show them to our friends. The bird's beauty and the hunter's are distinct...
Some people won't show you the birds they've caught until they are sure, certain, positive that they – the birds, or themselves – are gorgeous, or rare, or remarkable. When your mind can separate yourself from it, you will share it sooner, and the beauty of the bird will be sooner enjoyed.”
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Some people won't show you the birds they've caught until they are sure, certain, positive that they – the birds, or themselves – are gorgeous, or rare, or remarkable. When your mind can separate yourself from it, you will share it sooner, and the beauty of the bird will be sooner enjoyed.”
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“In this calm and stupid life,
I never know how I should act.”
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I never know how I should act.”
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“Research is the highest form of adoration”
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