The Haterade Lost its Taste
everybody online is so negative! while there are a lot of good reasons why that might be, on a personal level it seems virtuous to at least try to be more positive instead
#virtue
History is a Necessary Exercise in Psychological Distress
history is fun to learn about. but its also a useful mechanism for cultivating the virtues of gratitude and pragmatism within yourself, which in turn serve as proxies for general wellbeing. it makes you grateful because it shows you how much things used to suck, and it makes you pragmatic because it shows you a myriad of failure modes that you can (at least try to) avoid.