“Embracing pain strengthens the will; embracing crying heals the soul; embracing melancholy deepens insight and perception; embracing boredom fosters creativity and imagination; embracing misery instills bravery; embracing ridiculousness preserves sanity; embracing chaos creates peace; embracing invisibility sets one free; embracing… — Sov8840 Copy Share Image
“The default digital world tone is one of hyperactive friendliness, artificial empathy, emoji-based validation, dopamine-rich feedback loops, toxic positivity, and veiled cruelty. They assume… — Sov8840 Copy Share Image
“...All of these writings could be reduced to mere “thought-provoking content,” for the system devours everything in its path like a never-satisfied monster—even its… — Sov8840 Copy Share Image
“Any judgment born of collective agreement is, by nature, arbitrary, no matter how widely it is accepted.” — Sov8840 Copy Share Image
“In a game, there is a main character raised within American culture: he speaks in slang, lives for sex and pleasure, feels "successful" if the opposite sex chases after him, shows off by driving cars and motorcycles, obtains respect if he buys a yacht, worships money and wealth, has numerous tattoos and ornaments, spends his nights in clubs and casinos,… — Sov8840 Copy Share
“Pleasure demands constant and repeated stimulation to be felt by the common mind. If it is a book, one must finish one and move on to the next; if it is music, one must listen to one and then start another. This is an endless cycle. And since the pleasure derived from such things is temporary, the only way to… — Sov8840 Copy Share
“The media and the internet exist not to transmit knowledge as it is, but to amplify, exaggerate, and embellish the exact reality. Whatever is displayed upon the screens is rendered greater and more dramatic than its true form to attract mass interest. And if a person’s only “source of knowledge” is their screen, then that person may become stranded in… — Sov8840 Copy Share
“For many people, the expression “disconnecting from the world” essentially means disconnecting from society—for this is the only world they know.” — Sov8840 Copy Share Image
“...and they absorb the world shaped by these, "constructing" their thoughts, feelings, words, actions, identity, and beliefs accordingly. Which means they will think in… — Sov8840 Copy Share Image
“Pleasure demands constant and repeated stimulation to be felt for a common mind. If it is a book, one must finish one and move… — Sov8840 Copy Share Image
“Embracing pain strengthens the will; embracing crying heals the soul; embracing melancholy deepens insight and perception; embracing boredom fosters creativity and imagination; embracing misery… — Sov8840 Copy Share Image
“Whether lying in bed, sitting, eating, on the toilet, pushing a stroller, walking the dog, shopping, walking, “listening” to others, talking, driving, crossing the… — Sov8840 Copy Share Image
