Juan David's Newsletter - March 28, 2021
Embrace Randomness, or Let Randomness Embrace You.
Let’s talk about randomness. The world is random, and random is the world.
Feelings are our never endless desire to catch, reduce, and feel less randomness. Emotions come at the expense of certainty, and certainty at the expense of peace but there are few things that can be known about the future and about our lives.
We try to keep the randomness in control. That’s why we do what was done before us so we can expect a definite result. That's why we go to school, get jobs, buy stuff, and do the things people did before us. It’s the desire to keep randomness out of our lives. But as much as we can feel and touch this desire, randomness is a force of nature and will show up and disrupt our ache for certainty, and what we think comes with it such as peace and calm.
What’s our solution?
We want things to be less random because less random looks closer to perfect. But randomness is often the farthest from “perfect,” we become uneasy and start suffering from illnesses of the mind such as depression, anxiety, and irritation. The desire to be perfect makes you give up your humanity at the expense of not appreciating that which is but appreciating that which should be and could be.
Embrace randomness, or let randomness embrace you.
Video-Curiosities 📹 📸 📺
Enjoy this all-video edition of Curiosities. A couple of essays coming in the upcoming weeks!!
1. Can Computers Think?
What is a computer? What is thinking?
2. We Need a New Narrative
What do we do when the story we tell ourselves about ourselves is no longer convincing?
Watch to find out.
3. Get Whatever You Want: BY ASKING
People never ask. Here’s what happens when you do:
4. Writing/Coding Music
Odesza is one of my favorite tunes when I focus. I listen to them when I’m writing or coding. And even math.
5. ALERT: Deep Thinker Ahead 🚨!
“I think most people don't even realize he is only 15 years old.”
- Random YouTube comment explaining the depth and awe of this conversion exploring the philosophy of the power of radical ideas.
The world is seemingly random and seemingly imperfect. That’s why a big part of our "happiness" is about lessening our subjective idea of perfectionism.
Think for yourself to define your values. Let your values drive your life. Create a lifestyle where your goals and objectives are mere side-effects.
Have a great week,
Juan David Campolargo