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RobertJ's avatar

Nudge theory exposes how corporations hijack Aristotle’s insight: they’ve turned habit formation into a weapon. Every screen, aisle, and algorithm is engineered to train submission. Real wisdom now means reclaiming the levers of habit from those who profit off your impulses.

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John Roberts's avatar

At least I got one thing correct.

I married the prettiest girl in the world !!!

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DLeivian's avatar

Love this, thank you!

Happy New Year! 🥳

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Pam McDermott's avatar

Wisdom. ❤️

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Patrick Frank's avatar

In addressing a high school graduation, Cary Grant advised the students to, 'Act like the person you want to be, and you'll become that person.'

A succinct expression of the whole philosophy of self-improvement.

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Crixcyon's avatar

There is no good life, there is no bad life, there is just life. From am old vaquero, I think.

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Peter W Allen's avatar

start samll.: read John Leake every day!

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John Leake's avatar

Very kind!

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Jennifer Jones's avatar

If you DO want to read or listen to Aristotle's Nicomechean Ethics, however, you can find both free through a search on Google.

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Peter W Allen's avatar

interesting, Kindness not one of Aristotle's virtues....no doubt will get better with repetition of reading you. Faith Hope and Charity are the theological virtues, if you had mentioned them, I think I would not have irresistably made fun of you.

Believe me, tongue in check, a superb intro to the Calendar New Year, the solar and liturgical another matter.

made a vow to play the piano at least 15 mins a day. you made your mark...no way am I exercizing to a sweat. How aobut just making my bed...!!!!

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Jennifer Jones's avatar

Nice

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edward's avatar

We are what we say, what we do, what we think and what we believe. Women tend to sort males out by focusing only on what we do.

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Jennifer Jones's avatar

Yes, whether a man does what he said is VERY important to us (women.)

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Deep Dive's avatar

Really good stuff here, John.

I like the rewording of "You are what you do" to the more accurate "You are what you, repeatedly, do" -- because "repeatedly" is required in order for there to be a habit (habit = repeated action). Taking a drag of a cigarette does not make you "a smoker" -- but taking at least a drag of a cigarette every single day for a decade certainly does.

On the bad side, causing some harm in the world does not make you evil, but adopting -- and then sticking to -- a policy of action which institutionalizes harm in the world certainly does.

M. Scott Peck wrote that a young child chopping the tail off of a cat doesn't make him evil, but if that same tail got chopped off "inch-by-inch" -- sticking to the questionable action plan despite the obvious pain that it caused -- then that changes everything.

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Roisin Dubh's avatar

I like the via negativa concept, both from a theological perspective and practical perspective.

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