My read today in The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck was one of my biggest single daily reads yet. And I am having difficulty sharing something from it because there is so much to share and I am concerned about it being out of context.
I am not going to share nearly all that I could. Get and read the book! Today's section dealt with an experiment where people felt they could do certain things to make a bell ring, when in actuality the bell ringing was totally random, and a story of false memory from therapy. showing in short that "the human mind is capable of coming up with and believing in a bunch of bullshit that isn't real." OK, don't even get me started on how the media is brainwashing us today! On that front, I do recommend the documentary "The Brainwashing of My Dad". Mark also talks about the telephone game that we all likely played as a kid, where someone starts with a simple story, and it gets whispered to someone else, and then to someone else, and about 12 or so people later the last person in the group shares what they got with the whole group and it's not anything like how it started. The problem is, this doesn't just happen from person to person, we do it to ourselves over time. Those things from our past that we remember so well weren't exactly like we remember them now. I agree with how Mark ends this section, self-skepticism and the rigorous challenging of our own beliefs and assumptions are the only logical route to progress.
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