David Matta retweeted
There's a reason Nepal calls this the Death Valley Highway 😬
Writer: Ian
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“By nature, the art of questioning well is much rarer than the art of answering well.”
Nietzsche
Nietzsche
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David Matta retweeted
@nntaleb difference does it make whether we wake up or remain asleep? This echoes Geoffrey Hinton’s cries in the wilderness about AI’s dangers, with few concrete solutions. The paradox is troubling: as science advances, it seems to strip away one more dimension of what makes us human.
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David Matta retweeted
@guilherme94jose @PalantirTech The arrogance and conceit of tech leaders are becoming increasingly unrestrained and uncontainable. Their technological achievements are undeniable, but they should not be mistaken for wisdom or moral authority.
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David Matta retweeted
Reason is like a drop
Removed from the ocean;
How can this drop understand
The meaning of Love?
~ Fariduddin Attar
Removed from the ocean;
How can this drop understand
The meaning of Love?
~ Fariduddin Attar
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My Happiness
Since I grew weary of seeking,
I learned the art of finding.
Since a wind opposed my course,
I sail with every wind.
Friedrich Nietzsche 15.10.1844
Since I grew weary of seeking,
I learned the art of finding.
Since a wind opposed my course,
I sail with every wind.
Friedrich Nietzsche 15.10.1844
Mein Glück
Seit ich des Suchens müde ward,
Erlernte ich das Finden.
Seit mir ein Wind hielt Widerpart,
Segl’ ich mit allen Winden.
Friedrich Nietzsche
15.10.1844 - 25.08.1900
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“My attitude is that, however difficult life becomes, what matters is doing something interesting with it. This has much to do with the physical world: looking at things, snow and light, the smell of your screen door, and everything that makes up your lived experience from moment to moment. What a consolation to know that these things continue to exist, and that you can think about them and turn them into something on the page.”
Anne Carson, 2026 Nobel Prize Winner in Literature.
From her interview with Will Aitken, “The Art of Poetry No. 88,” The Paris Review, Fall 2004.
Anne Carson, 2026 Nobel Prize Winner in Literature.
From her interview with Will Aitken, “The Art of Poetry No. 88,” The Paris Review, Fall 2004.
Anne Carson: "Mi actitud es que, por muy dura que sea la vida, lo que importa es hacer algo interesante con ella. Y esto tiene mucho que ver con el mundo físico, con mirar las cosas, la nieve y la luz y el olor de la puerta y todo aquello que constituye a cada instante tu Qué gran consuelo... saber que estas cosas persisten en su ser y que puedes pensar sobre ellas y hacer algo con ellas en la página".
'Hombres en sus horas libres'
Traducción: Jordi Doce
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A beautiful, beautiful poem by Rilke. It invites this reflection:
The flower’s pinkness is inherited, shaped by nature, not by a will of its own. Perhaps the ego claims authorship of qualities and properties we receive but think we make. As they depart, we cling, yet the will of nature is stronger than our individual will.
The flower’s pinkness is inherited, shaped by nature, not by a will of its own. Perhaps the ego claims authorship of qualities and properties we receive but think we make. As they depart, we cling, yet the will of nature is stronger than our individual will.
Rosa Hortensie
Wer nahm das Rosa an? Wer wusste auch,
dass es sich sammelte in diesen Dolden?
Wie Dinge unter Gold, die sich entgolden,
entröten sie sich sanft, wie im Gebrauch.
Dass sie für solches Rosa nichts verlangen.
Bleibt es für sie und lächelt aus der Luft?
Sind u empfangen,
wenn es vergeht, großmütig wie ein Duft?
Oder vielleicht auch geben sie es preis,
damit es nie erführe vom Verblühn.
Doch unter diesem Rosa hat ein Grün
gehorcht, das jetzt verwelkt und alles weiß.
Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926)
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David Matta retweeted
@jhalifax “with nobody listening
we are saying thank you.”
W. S. Merwin · “Thanks”
The Rain in the Trees (1987)
we are saying thank you.”
W. S. Merwin · “Thanks”
The Rain in the Trees (1987)
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I cannot help but pause, held by the beauty of a rainbow and the flowers on a balcony. A moment ago, I was caught in the rain; now, I am taken by the rainbow. Such a fine line between one state and another, in nature and in the mind.
#Mindfulness
#Mindfulness
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David Matta retweeted
@warstrike88 Tucker Carlson asks provocative, stupid questions as if he were thinking deeply: “What good did defeating Hitler do for the UK?” He manufactures ambiguity and presents it as Socratic questioning and insight. Sophistry disguised as inquiry.
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What I love about Baroque music is this extraordinary coexistence of stability and movement. Repetition never feels static: sameness becomes the ground of variation, and variation reveals new possibilities within the same.
Passacaglia – Handel (Animated Score)
One of the most remarkable works of the Baroque era, Passacaglia by George Frideric Handel is a masterful display of harmonic brilliance and continuous variation.
In this animation, every note and movement was carefully synchronized and rning the score into a captivating visual and auditory experience.
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