Early Homo sapiens likely developed gossip as a survival tool, using it to share crucial information about trust, danger, and social dynamics. Tribes exchanged stories about who was reliable while hunting, who posed a threat, or which mushrooms were making them sick (maybe high). This exchange of information strengthened group bonds and helped humans outcompete other species, proving that talking behind someone’s back might just be an evolutionary advantage.

Gossip is as old as the human language itself.

As human societies grew, gossip evolved from a survival tool into a form of entertainment, often driven by envy or boredom rather than necessity. If not kept in check, instead of strengthening social bonds, it can fuel misinformation, insecurity, and a constant fear of judgment.

Understand yourself and those around you.

psychology

Psychology

artsandculture

Society, Arts & Culture

Cavemen Chatter or Modern Fun??

Humility empowers us to embrace the opportunity for continuous learning from everyone around us, recognizing the greatness in others. It reshapes our worldview and fosters a profound sense of contentment in our lives.It allows us to let go of ego-driven desires and comparisons, freeing us from the constant pursuit of external validation. Instead, we find solace and satisfaction within ourselves, leading to a greater sense of inner peace.

Humility And Contentment

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Religion & Spirituality

writing

Reading & Writing

Tranquility

Modernity is a surprisingly simple deal. The entire contract can be summarised in a single phrase: Humans agree to give up Meaning in exchange for Power.

Official U.S. edition with full color illustrations throughout. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Yuval Noah Harari, author of the critically-acclaimed New York Times bestseller and international phenomenon Sapiens, returns with an equally original, compelling, and provocative book, turning his focus toward humanity’s future, and our quest to upgrade humans into gods. Over the past century humankind has managed to do the impossible and rein in famine, plague, and war. This may seem hard to accept, but, as Harari explains in his trademark style—thorough, yet riveting—famine, plague and war have been transformed from incomprehensible and uncontrollable forces of nature into manageable challenges. For the first time ever, more people die from eating too much than from eating too little; more people die from old age than from infectious diseases; and more people commit suicide than are killed by soldiers, terrorists and criminals put together. The average American is a thousand times more likely to die from binging at McDonalds than from being blown up by Al Qaeda. What then will replace famine, plague, and war at the top of the human agenda? As the self-made gods of planet earth, what destinies will we set ourselves, and which quests will we undertake? Homo Deus explores the projects, dreams and nightmares that will shape the twenty-first century—from overcoming death to creating artificial life. It asks the fundamental questions: Where do we go from here? And how will we protect this fragile world from our own destructive powers? This is the next stage of evolution. This is Homo Deus. With the same insight and clarity that made Sapiens an international hit and a New York Times bestseller, Harari maps out our future.

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Philosophy

books

Books

Official U.S. edition with full color illustrations throughout.NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Yuval Noah Harari, author of the critically-acclaimed New York Times bestseller and international phenomenon Sapiens, returns with an equally original, compelling, and provocative book, turning his focus toward humanity’s future, and our quest to upgrade humans into gods.Over the past century humankind has managed to do the impossible and rein in famine, plague, and war. This may seem hard to accept, but, as Harari explains in his trademark style—thorough, yet riveting—famine, plague and war have been transformed from incomprehensible and uncontrollable forces of nature into manageable challenges. For the first time ever, more people die from eating too much than from eating too little; more people die from old age than from infectious diseases; and more people commit suicide than are killed by soldiers, terrorists and criminals put together. The average American is a thousand times more likely to die from binging at McDonalds than from being blown up by Al Qaeda.What then will replace famine, plague, and war at the top of the human agenda? As the self-made gods of planet earth, what destinies will we set ourselves, and which quests will we undertake? Homo Deus explores the projects, dreams and nightmares that will shape the twenty-first century—from overcoming death to creating artificial life. It asks the fundamental questions: Where do we go from here? And how will we protect this fragile world from our own destructive powers? This is the next stage of evolution. This is Homo Deus.With the same insight and clarity that made Sapiens an international hit and a New York Times bestseller, Harari maps out our future.

Yuval Noah Harari is an Israeli public intellectual, historian and professor in the Department of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the author of the popular science bestsellers Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow, and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century.

Yuval Noah Harari

Homo Deus

We have created this world with our thoughts and now we are trying to find meaning in it.

We are asleep. Our life is a dream. But we wake up sometime, just enough to know that we are dreaming.

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Mindfulness

Consciousness

We can not become aware of our most fundamental assumptions until we overcome them.Our goal here should be to broaden our perspective continuously so that we can overcome our assumptions before they limit our options or slow us down.Let's see how we can try to challenge and expand our mindset -

Assumptions Hold us Back

Get clarity on what we need to know and learn. Choose 3-4 different topics. For each topic, create a list of guiding questions that, if answered, would give you a solid understanding of the area.Like, using best-tasting beer as an example topic, come up with questions like, What are the most popular beers? What are different types? Which ingredients were used for them? Country of origin? The age group that prefer them?This will help us to understand what is most important to explore further and broaden our perspective.

Identifying Areas of Interests 

It is a learning technique that involves jumping on and off on different topics or problems, this allows us to see them with different perspectives, solidify our understandings of topics and promote creativity & flexibility. For instance, reading different books simultaneously helps to bring insightful connections between various topics. Ideas from different topics intersect and help us to approach them from multiple angles.

Interleaving

It guided me to escape out of the tunnel vision trap.

personaldevelopment

Personal Development

Big Picture

A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

David Bohm was one of the foremost scientific thinkers and philosophers of our time. Although deeply influenced by Einstein, he was also, more unusually for a scientist, inspired by mysticism. Indeed, in the 1970s and 1980s he made contact with both J. Krishnamurti and the Dalai Lama whose teachings helped shape his work. In both science and philosophy, Bohm's main concern was with understanding the nature of reality in general and of consciousness in particular. In this classic work he develops a theory of quantum physics which treats the totality of existence as an unbroken whole. Writing clearly and without technical jargon, he makes complex ideas accessible to anyone interested in the nature of reality.

David Joseph Bohm (December 20, 1917 – October 27, 1992) was an American scientist who has been described as one of the most significant theoretical physicists of the 20th century and who contributed innovative and unorthodox ideas to quantum theory, neuropsychology and the philosophy of mind.

David Bohm

Wholeness and the Implicate Order

"There are more things.. likely to frighten us than there are to crush us; we suffer more often in imagination than in reality."

The complexity of nature is such that, it is impossible to tell whether anything that happens in it is good or bad. So it is pointless to be worried, since the unexpected events that you fear will may never come and obviously they have not yet come. Stop harassing your soul because worrying constantly keeps us tensed against an imagined disaster.

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Problem Solving

communication

Communication

A Stoic’s Key to Peace of Mind: Seneca on the Antidote to Anxiety

“What happened could have happened to anyone, but not everyone could have carried on.”

Since the dawn of our species, human nature has hardly changed. We are capable of inflicting pain on each other as well as capable of healing. Nowdays, human longing for sympathy, desire to have our suffering recognized and validate, is distorted by digital age. Comparitive validity and urge of broadcasting suffering has made the unlucky event a currency of attention and identification.Why regard the incident as a piece of bad luck rather than seeing your avoidance of distress as a piece of good luck?

The Good Luck of Your Bad Luck: Marcus Aurelius on the Stoic Strategy for Weathering Life’s Waves and Turning Suffering into Strength

People tend to be more stressed when they're not sure what's going on. According to a study by University College of London, people are far more stressed when there is a chance of getting an electric shock, as compare to when they know it is certain to get a shock.Uber reduces uncertainty for getting a ride, Amazon does it for the package delivery and McDonald's decrease uncertainty about how their food tastes.

Bring Down Uncertainty

You discussed about a task and the deadline for it with your Boss. On the day of the deadline, you get an email from your boss, asking about is it done? If due to some complications it is pending, What will be your reply?<ol><li>"Not Yet"</li><li>"Not Yet, but I will finish it by [x]."</li><li>Don't reply.</li></ol>The problem with the question above is that your Boss has to ask for an update, it is a sign that he is uncertain. Being an Uncertainty Killer you should have updated him proactively about missing the deadline and the reason behind it, so that he will be at ease and will not doubt your ability for the given task.

You have to make sure the information flows in such a way that you become a trusted resource wherever you go. The more you do it, others will spend less time and energy thinking about you and your ability to get things done.Not just with your boss, do it with your peers also. Practice it till it becomes natural to you. Become an Uncertainty Killer.

On my favorite piece of career advice and why it can help to improve your finances.

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Career

business

Business

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Leadership & Management

Want to Improve Your Career? Become an Uncertainty Killer – Of Dollars And Data

Be mindful of your intellectual intake because just as our physical state depends on the food we take, our mental state depends on the quality of information we consume.Our mind subconsciously process the information we intake and will try to come up with solution for the problems we face. But it can not differentiate between facts or fictions.So next time you start to go down in wormhole of internet, go for the real-life facts that will help you in growing mentally and avoid those random TikTok video or that overrated YouTube vlogger. Take back control of your mind.

Cavemen Chatter or Modern Fun??

Tranquility

Homo Deus

Consciousness

Big Picture

Abhas Raghuvanshi