The Case for Intellectual Loneliness
Loneliness arises when thought is divorced from reality, when the common world has been replaced by the tyranny of coercive logical demands.
Samantha Rose Hill • For Hannah Arendt, Totalitarianism Is Rooted in Loneliness
Loneliness thus leads to meanness. As the saying goes, pain that is not transformed gets transmitted.
David Brooks • How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
It was interesting for me to observe how friendships disintegrated because I can no longer relate to my work. A large part of it was due to my own effort to distance myself, but I still observed how there used to be countless requests to meet up for coffee (sometimes to “pick my brain”) that dwindled once people realised I was no longer interested ... See more
Winnie Lim • what is there when there is nothing
What both of these traits have in common is that I seem to live my life as if I’m under siege. I’m guessing my amygdala is the size of a cantaloupe.Most of my withered friendships can be chalked up to this terrible tendency of mine not to reach out. I have pals in Washington, D.C., where I started my professional life, whom I haven’t seen in years,... See more