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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• about 5 years ago

🤯 at realising I *can* choose to do something simply because a past version of me thought it was a good idea. For so long, ^ was a mechanism of tyranny and suffering, living for the future and survival, that I forgot I can just choose ^ and life can be simple.

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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• about 5 years ago

Replying to @AskYatharth

Ideally, yes, I represent myself to why it mattered then, check if it still matters, yada yada, but there is *something else entirely* to just trusting and following. Captain of the Ship metaphors.

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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• about 5 years ago

Replying to @AskYatharth

For all my advocacy around bottom-up, reactive programming, this centralised command-based system doesn’t seem so bad either.

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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• about 5 years ago

Replying to @AskYatharth

cf. building trust in ourselves @Malcolm_Ocean has a good “no existential straps needed” starter for this: https://t.co/vHGgDTpR77

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Malcolm Ocean 🏴‍☠️@Malcolm_Ocean• about 5 years ago

Replying to @AskYatharth

@AskYatharth https://t.co/HZUFShoGG3

Malcolm Ocean 🏴‍☠️@Malcolm_Ocean• about 5 years ago

you don't have to force yourself to do things you don't have to force yourself not to force yourself to do things you don't have to force yourself not to force yourself not to force yourself to do things but it's okay if you do

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Malcolm Ocean 🏴‍☠️@Malcolm_Ocean• about 5 years ago

Replying to @AskYatharth

@AskYatharth You might dig this piece of writing by @Morphenius about choice. There's something I'm still confused about there, but he's definitely onto something too. https://t.co/AKK8NUYWLS

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