A modern way to reflect on our past and more…
11 pieces of philosophical bullets
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3 min readFeb 22, 2024
- Whenever you want to reflect on your recent past, read your text messages, emails, and notes in one sitting.
- After I read my text messages of the past four years, I realized that it’s people who influence your life, not places.
- He who writes in blood and proverbs does not want to be read, but learnt by heart, wrote Nietzsche in Thus Spake Zarathustra.
Obviously he was talking about himself. - But on the internet, every writer wants to be read. They don’t care about being learnt by heart. Their words don’t have unique and distinct value. That’s why almost all of the internet content is pretty much replaceable and Nietzsche still reigns supreme.
- I am trying to see the uniqueness of texting over the more convenient audio and video calling options.
First, it’s faster if you have something really short to say, like, Amazon’s at our door or I will call you back.
Second, it’s the only option if you are in a situation from which you cannot make audio or video calls. Like in a bathroom or a party.
Third, it’s still the best way to say I love you and express your feelings to your partner.
And it’s still the best way to lie to someone that you are sorry that you won’t be able to make it today because something urgent…
