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"Dreams are fun when they are distant. The imagination loves to play with possibilities when there is no risk of failure.

But when you find yourself on the verge of action, you pause. You can feel the uncertainty of what lies ahead. Thoughts swirl. Maybe this isn't the right time? Failure is possible now.

In that moment—in that short pause that arises when you stand face to face with your dream—is the entirety of life. What you do in that pause is the crucible that forges you. It is the dividing line between being the type of person who thinks about it or the type of person who goes for it.

When I really think about it, I want that moment to be my legacy. Not that I won or lost. Not that I looked good or looked like a fool. But that when I had something I really wanted to do, I went for it."

08/28/2024

It’s important to be aware of how intense emotional contagion can reduce your faculty for reasoning and expose you to manipulation, Arthur C. Brooks writes: “My best defense—and yours—against falling prey to destructive groupthink is to understand it.” https://theatln.tc/yxKEJYUt

For decades, social scientists have studied “the mind” of crowds, and research generally describes group thinking as a source of positive wisdom. Recent work also identifies the process by which individuals, each with their own partial and imperfect information, can learn from one another and solve problems as “the wisdom of crowds.” As Brooks writes, these groups are “composed of separate individuals all thinking independently; they feel no sense of oneness, which is precisely why they are collectively wise.”

People can “catch” feelings by being in proximity to others who are experiencing intense emotions, Brooks continues: This “explains the sensation of being rapturously transported that people typically report when they participate in a mass exercise of praise and feel their inhibitions falling away.” But the emotional contagion of crowds isn’t always positive—negative emotions can be similarly contagious. “In our world today, people—myself included—have at times allowed ourselves to get swept up in collective emotions of hatred and anger,” Brooks writes. In part, modern technology has made it easier to drum up cyber mobs, and “online crowds can be as unthinking as in-person ones.”

Giving into groupthink and letting go can feel like a relief—at least in the short term. But before joining a group, whether at a rally or in a protest, it’s important to make sure “you will be participating with your eyes open,” Brooks continues. Asking yourself questions such as “Is the contagious emotion involved love or hate? Is that emotion one you want to ‘catch’?” might “prompt a reconsideration of how you want to participate in politics and public life.”

Read more: https://theatln.tc/yxKEJYUt

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Listen to your body.

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Mohit Ramchandani's 'City of Dreams' will be released in cinemas on the 30th August.
Music by Lisa Gerrard with Bennett Salvay.
"Inspired by true events, City of Dreams follows Jesús, a young Mexican boy whose dreams of becoming a soccer star are shattered when he’s trafficked across the border and sold to a sweatshop making fast fashion in downtown Los Angeles.

Mohit Ramchandani's 'City of Dreams' will be released in cinemas on the 30th August.

Music by Lisa Gerrard with Bennett Salvay.

"Inspired by true events, City of Dreams follows Jesús, a young Mexican boy whose dreams of becoming a soccer star are shattered when he’s trafficked across the border and sold to a sweatshop making fast fashion in downtown Los Angeles. Thrust into a world of exploitation and despair; he’s forced to adhere to the grueling work schedule dictated by El Jefe, a boss who promises freedom for those who complete their quotas. Despite Jesus’s hellish existence, he finds solace in Elena, a girl who was similarly betrayed and sold into slavery. When she goes missing and another co-worker Carlito’s is severely beaten, Jesus realizes that his only hope for freedom is to make a daring escape."

Trailer: https://bit.ly/4fCAonW

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Living life. I get it.

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