Am I the only one still emotionally recovering from the 90s movie My Girl?
Posts by Paul Deetman
If you want better people around you, become a better person to be around.
As full self driving rolls out, “Can you drive a car manually?” will become the new “Can you still drive a stick shift?”
You will be misunderstood. Not because you're unclear. Because people hear through their own filters, their own wounds, their own story.
Most people spend their lives managing symptoms of a problem they've never faced. The weeds keep growing back because the root is still there.
If you can imagine the worst-case scenario, why not imagine the best-case scenario as well?
Someone holding your old opinions against your current self is not being principled. They're being stuck. Don't let anyone else's stagnation define your ceiling.
If you always pick comfort, you will eventually fear your own potential.
Every person stands on a different floor of an endless tower, with a private elevator. When communication works, both ride to the same level. When it fails, someone shouts from floor 3,282 while the other stands on floor 5.
When a lawyer defends a guilty client, their incentive shifts from seeking truth to building a case. That's attorney bias.
Some conspiracy theorists work the same way. Anything that disproves their theory gets dismissed as fake or propaganda, because it destroys the case.
Your first videos will be rough. Your first writing will be raw. Your first business will stumble. Every expert is just someone who didn't quit at the beginning.
If you want to predict the future, start by asking yourself: will this still matter in 10 years?
People who are already ahead tend to pull others up. Secure people compliment. Artists admire artists. Athletes help athletes. Insecure people tear down. It's always been that easy to tell the difference.
It is strange how beliefs run inverse to evidence. The least plausible explanation is frequently the most appealing one, perhaps because it carries drama, scale, and the comfort of having something external to blame for their own shortcomings.
When we dismiss what is real, we do not simply hold a different opinion, we chip away at the shared foundation that makes progress possible.
If you really want to understand a group, an ideology, or a culture, don't only look at their enemies, look at the conflicts inside their own movement.
That’s us. That’s home.
The most dangerous lies aren't the ones others tell you. They're the ones you tell yourself to avoid the discomfort of changing.
I keep seeing conspiracy videos about NASA, implying it is all fake.
Decades long global facade. Hundreds of thousands under NDA. Billions of data points fabricated. Not a single credible leak.
This would be so difficult to fake, it is easier to just do the real thing.
There is much power in doing the right thing when no one is watching.
Did you know the word astronaut is a modern term built from Greek roots?
“Astron” means star and “nautēs” means sailor.
Astronaut means star sailor.
Meaning hides in ordinary moments you decide to notice.
Where do I end and you begin?
The universe has existed for approximately 13.8 billion years. You will exist for maybe 80 of them. That's either terrifying or liberating.
If you want freedom, question the invisible rules you live by.
This must be Tesla’s Supercharger’s most beautiful location. 🇨🇭
You become what you repeatedly feed your attention.
You may be the one carrying weight that no one before you was strong enough to carry. That's not punishment. That might be your purpose.
If you keep waiting for certainty, you’ll miss the moment that needed courage.
You don’t have to be the chosen one to live up to the standards of one.