Derek Parfit on the effect that understanding the fact that there’s no unique and unchanging self—the lack of a sort of serial number to us that remains fixed in time—had on his outlook on life in general (quote from his book “Reasons and Persons”).

Isaac Asimov was one of the most prolific writers in history. Most people know him from the Foundation series, I Robot, and other works of science fiction, but he wrote more than 500 books in his lifetime.

Here’s how he, in his own words, was able to be so prolific.

Here's someone who goes to great lengths to keep himself from getting distracted by the Internet and screens in general. It's a post from 2020, so I don't know if he still follows everything here, but it's impressive.

Why does Substack keep doing this? Let me read something first at least. Jeez.

Stumbled upon Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford commencement speech on Youtube the other day (I’ve not listened to it in ages). It’s one of the best speeches of its kind I’ve ever heard.

This part in particular stuck with me:

J. Krishnamurti on the lives of priests and monks:

Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate which ruled Japan for 265 years from 1603 to 1868, on the value of patience:

Looking up the man, came across the word "databaseology" (TIL that was a word).

Alas, it’s what the Arch Wiki recommends as well: