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Jash Dholani
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@oldbooksguy

Jash Dholani

@oldbooksguy
Follow for new ideas from old books || Check out my book: "Bloodless Gutless Heartless: The Case Against AI Art" (2025)
The case against AI art馃憠
amazon.com/dp/B0FBHXB5T4
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    Aug 3
    Nietzsche didn't kill God. Nietzsche saved God in the only way he could have been saved. This is why it's always the religious believers who love reading, re-reading, and discussing Nietzsche. Let me tell you what I mean. Nietzsche realized early that the modern man was high
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    hot take: human beings evolved to solve "scarcity problems" but the modern world throws "abundance problems" at us see, we know what to do with scarce food options: pool resources, plan for the winter, ration we DON'T know what to do with abundant food options. outcome? more
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    Jash Dholani
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    Aug 30
    turns out the attention span crisis is atleast *checks notes* two thousand years old
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    Jash Dholani
    @oldbooksguy
    Aug 30
    turns out the attention span crisis is atleast *checks notes* two thousand years old
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    Aug 30
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    Sarah-Jane (SJ) Murray
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    Aug 9
    One month ago today, this little article came out. I had no idea just how much it would upend my daily life. I鈥檓 deeply grateful to simple practices like ten minutes of daily reading when the world spins too fast to help us find our way back to center. With gratitude to everyone
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    Jash Dholani
    @oldbooksguy
    Aug 30
    Nietzsche wrote in 1889 that overworking is a "modern vice." You get lost in a thousand little things that don't matter so you have an excuse to avoid the 2-3 big things that are heavy, difficult, and important. Work becomes a tool not for power, or even happiness, but evasion...
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