Egonomics
This is compounded by the fact that western economies are set up for short-term profits not long-term fulfillment. As a result, we are bombarded with products, services, and marketing aimed directly at the part of our brains that crave immediate-reward products, services, and experiences.
Brad Stulberg • Finding Meaning in Our Never Enough Culture
GUIDE: I think it does work, but not in the way we like to pretend it does. It works in that it enables me to do anything I want to do because I have to make up to myself for all the punishment I’ve received in life. It goes like this: I’m punished in ways that reinforce my identity, and then I’m talked into indulging myself in ways that maintain m
... See moreJune Shiver • There Is Nothing Wrong with You: Going Beyond Self-Hate
The pathology of productivity is entwined with a pathology of performativity. The need to always do (and share) keeps us from grounding, knowing, loving, connecting, and ultimately from being.