And a sensible work strategy might be: surrender to the task but not to the taskmaster, become absorbed in the work itself but never absorb the work ethos.
Michael FoleyMots clés work modern-life
The four most influential moderns: Darwin, Marx, Freud, and (the productive) Einstein were scholars but not academics. It has always been hard to do genuine - and no perishable - work within institutions
Nassim Nicholas TalebMots clés einstein academia freud institutions darwin marxism modern-life modernity academics
What organized dating sites fail to understand is that the people are far more interesting in what they don't say about themselves.
Nassim Nicholas TalebMots clés dating internet men-and-women dating-advice modern-life modernity bragging
The difference between technology and slavery is that slaves are fully aware that they are not free
Nassim Nicholas TalebMots clés slavery modern-society modern-life modernity modernity-is-a-sickness internet-addiction technology-addiction technology-enchantment
My biggest problem with modernity may lie in the growing separation of the ethical and the legal
Nassim Nicholas TalebMots clés ethics law corruption government lawyers modern-society modern-life modernity modernity-is-a-sickness governement courts ethical-behaviour law-and-order business-ethics court-system the-supreme-court
The classical man's worst fear was inglorious death; the modern man's worst fear is just death
Nassim Nicholas TalebMots clés fear death religion values modern modern-life narcissism modernity evangelism modern-values modernity-is-sickness
As a confirmed melancholic, I can testify that the best and maybe only antidote for melancholia is action. However, like most melancholics, I suffer also from sloth.
Edward AbbeyMots clés depression modern-life cures depression-humor cure-diseases-without-medicines
There are so many simple things getting unnoticed in me, it makes me feel I am a robot!
Vikram RoyMots clés philosophy modern-life philosophy-of-life city-life
Sometime we forget to value the small things, that inspire us more than the large! We should learn from daily than planning stupid future.
Vikram RoyMots clés philosophy modern-life philosophy-of-life city-life
When I used to teach creative writing, I would tell the students to make their characters want something right away - even if it's only a glass of water. Characters paralyzed by the meaninglessness of modern life still have to drink water from time to time.
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Mots clés life writing write characters water modern-life creative-writing meaninglessness meaningless paralyzed
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