"The fundamental obstacle to happiness, says Epicurus, is anxiety..."

Even hard-core skeptics can't help but find sympathy in the fabric of the universe—and occasionally try to pull its strings.

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'Behind the online hoax that led to a girl’s suicide.'

a short film about obsessive hoarding and collecting

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.

Warren Ellis is always going on about the grim meathook future - this is more like the grim old gits future.

via Scans_Daily

profile of who Robert Trivers who 'came up with the first Darwinian explanations for human cooperation, jealousy and our sense of justice that made genetic sense, and he showed how these arose from the same forces as act on all animals, from the pigeons

nuggets of creative wisdom from Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt