Cults, Community, and a New Recipe for Happiness
Mark Koslow | 8 minutes
In a world of abundance, the name of the game at the monastery was simplicity. Everything inessential was stripped away. Residents ate the same meals every day: oatmeal and fruit for breakfast, vegetables and rice for lunch, and optional leftovers for dinner.
Snippets
Be a little bit paranoid, knowing the assumptions you hold today could break tomorrow, and you’ll need enough room for error to make it to the next round.
- Morgan Housel, Save Like A Pessimist, Invest Like An Optimist
The most important decisions we make in our lives are rooted in an understanding of reality that is quickly shifting under our feet. Realizing this will help you make some of the most important decisions in your life: Where you live, what you work on, where you invest.
- Tomas Pueyo, Geography Is the Chessboard of History