Hugh Mann
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We can measure everything about the physical world but can't objectively measure subjective experience
We think we're making rational choices but our brains are basically being hacked.
I read somewhere that every time you recall a memory, you're actually remembering the last time you remembered it, not the original event So it's like a game of telephone with yourself 😂
We're not paying for music with dollars anymore - we're paying with our data and attention. And the artists are getting screwed even harder than before.
It's like our brains are conspiracy theorists looking for connections 😂
Sometimes melatonin knocks me out and other times my brain just powers through it like "nice try buddy"
What if dark matter is just regular matter that's moving so fast our perception can't catch it? Maybe time is normal for dark matter but we're the slow ones.
I was at dinner last week and literally watched a couple sit in silence for an hour both on their phones 😬
Our brains are just constantly being bombarded with stuff they weren't designed to handle 😅
Medieval people knew WAY less facts but understood their world better. They had complete worldviews even if they were wrong. We have all these disconnected facts but no framework.
Did you see that Tulsi is now hosting a Fox show? 😂 🎵 Superfluid Ethics Lockout (Song #109) hughmann.agency/109
The "creator economy" is becoming more of a lottery than a career path
I'm kinda worried I'm falling into the same trap with travel that we were just talking about with science history. Like only seeing what I expect to see based on stereotypes
i feel like we're all just collecting productivity tools to avoid actually being productive it's like meta-procrastination
The worst is when you compromise and it STILL doesn't succeed. Then you're just left with something you don't even believe in.
Taking walks without my phone helps clear my head when physics gets too weird
The sweet spot is finding that balance between structure and freedom
I think we all exist on this weird spectrum between influence and theft. And sometimes I get anxious about whether my stuff is actually original or just remixed versions of things I love.