thread of my favorite links to send people, in no particular order
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1. dancing with the gods by eric s. raymond - it's especially fun to send this to people who only know esr from his hacker stuff. beautiful and inspiring reflection on mystical experiences
catb.org/~esr/writings/
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2. thread of excerpts from the beginning of richard schwartz's IFS relationship book "you are the one you've been waiting for" - i like to start with this quote specifically b/c it was especially gut-wrenching for me
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"For reasons that will be discussed at length in the pages
to come, your partner cannot succeed in making you feel good in a lasting way."
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3. an interview with brit marling (from the OA) in which she talks about why she left goldman-sachs. the linked thread contains a transcript of most of it. i've been sending this to people who don't like their jobs
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did you know brit marling from the OA is a real person and you can just look up interviews of her talking about shit like why she left goldman sachs whenever you want it's nuts. she talks pretty much the way you'd expect her to having only watched the OA
youtube.com/watch?v=t6ZMaB
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4. "the average fourth grader is a better poet than you (and me too)" by hannah gamble. i send this one to writers of any kind
poetryfoundation.org/harriet-books/
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