This morning, I read this brilliant piece by Maria Popova!<\/p>\n
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Resist pageviews and likes and retweets and all those silly-sounding quantification metrics that will be obsolete within the decade. Don\u2019t hang the stability of your soul on them. They can\u2019t tell you how much your work counts for and to whom. They can\u2019t tell you who you are and what you\u2019re worth. They are that demoralizing electric bike that makes you feel if only you could pedal faster \u2014 if only you could get more pageviews and likes and retweets \u2014 you\u2019d be worthier of your own life.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Our culture has created a reward system in which you get points for tearing down rather than building up, and for besieging with criticism and derision those who dare to work and live from a place of constructive hope. Don\u2019t just resist cynicism \u2014 fight it actively, in yourself and in those you love and in the communication with which you shape culture. Cynicism, like all destruction, is easy, it\u2019s lazy. There is nothing more difficult yet more gratifying in our society than living with sincere, active, constructive hope for the human spirit. This is the most potent antidote to cynicism, and it is an act of courage and resistance today.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Read the entire piece here<\/a>. Thank you Manu Prasad<\/a> for this link.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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