Summary of "The #Meditations" by Marcus #Aurelius: it's a very good summary about the essence of the stoic thought system and i'm #grateful to Vox Stoica for it. #Stoicism

I'd love to visit that school and see how it works and learn from the experience:

Why I Traded My Smartphone for an Ax

At 15, Caleb Silverberg made the most important decision of his life. He ditched technology and headed to the forest.

Here in Germany we need such impulses for the education system, it's so out of touch with what our society needs.

I'm still waiting for somebody to explain me the innate power of words. That's the central issue about freedom of speech and as a student of social work, i'm being repeatedly told that words have power and while i concede that humans are prone to act irresponsibly and locate power outside of them, in cases that are totally understandable, words do ALWAYS exist inside a web of meaning and thereby interpretation. #freedomofspeech #words

Worldly success can be very bad for your personal growth, especially if it's motivated by a desire for popularity.

The other day we had a funny, spontaneous conversation on nostrnests about how bad European toilets are. I'm currently staying in Italy and had to think about you Australians @bevo @npub1dmah...hrpq today, because this toilet is totally proving your point about how easily they get dirty. You were so right Bevo, I can see it now 😀😜 next step is trying Australian toilets!