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Quinn McHugh (he/him)
@quinnmchugh.bsky.social
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🌟 Systems, data, plurality.net, collective intelligence / sensemaking, & social impact 🎵 Jazz fusion, funk, RnB, DnB 🌱 Former Community Organizer, Effective Altruism Philadelphia 🚴 Bicycled 4,230 miles across the USA 💸 10% Pledge since 2018
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A year of reading the world
ayearofreadingtheworld.com
Hot take: "America First" is an ideological virus - a national embodiment of America's anti-social, individualistic, "fuck you, I got mine" mentality. In a time when global cooperation is desperately needed to address the meta-crisis, "America First" translates to "our collective future last."
Hanzi Freinacht on redesigning society to optimize for "goals of the soul" instead of goals of industrial output.

#Society #InnerDevelopment #MoralProgress #Capitalism
Hanzi Freinacht on society's capacity to manage complexity through the fostering of collective intelligence:

#Complexity #SocietalProgress #SystemsChange #SocialChange #CollectiveIntelligence
I tend to self-sabotage by manufacturing steps I "need" to take before I can achieve big scary goal (TM). This is something I'm trying to unlearn by asking questions like "how could I achieve this in 6 months as opposed to 5 years?"

#SelfSabotage #CareerDevelopment #BeingAgile #Agency #CareerPath
Jenny Blake on overcoming career stagnation by clarifying your "North Star" / essential intent.

#Career #CareerDevelopment #CareerPivot #Stagnation
Jenny Blake on being agile amidst life's challenges:

#Career #Essentialism #AntiUnhappiness
This moment is a gift. That's why it's called the present.

#Mindfulness #Gratitude #Presence
Have you ever gazed at the countless manicured plots of grass dotting our landscape and wondered, "why?" This lovely short documentary explores the concept of the lawn and it's impacts on our health and the world we call home.
https://buff.ly/4gjjD17
The devastating cost of America’s favorite plant | A guide to the revolution
Lawns are slowly choking us to death. This is a handmade blueprint for unf*cking our land.subscribe for moreunsubscribe for lessChapters:0:00 Intro1:34 Drast...
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Don't strive for happiness, strive for anti-unhappiness.
Just a couple of months! I don't use it very extensively. I just post about resonant content here and there.
Came across this phenomenal program from PBS today. I'd love to see more of this DnD-style, scenario-based role play with influential people possessing varied social perspectives and backgrounds.

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How Would You Respond to These Ethical Dilemmas? | DEADLOCK: An Election Story | Full Episode | PBS
YouTube video by PBS
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Cynthia Rayner & François Bonnici on the role of institutions in achieving (or stunting) societal progress:

#Institutions #SocietalProgress #SocialImagination
Ashley Lin on being the change you wish to see in the world:

#Agency #SocialChange #Power #Motivation
Came across this video on an /r/MensLib post: Cult survivor Kristiana Miner shares how extreme ideologies can justify abuse, control, and patriarchy, recounting her experience growing up in the Quiverfull movement.

https://buff.ly/3ZxGbp2

#Beliefs #Ideology #Patriarchy
Growing Up Quiverfull - The Duggar's Destructive Cult
An interview with cult survivor Kristiana Miner about her involvement in the Quiverfull movement, Bill Gothard's destructive cult and the influence of Michae...
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The Happy Urbanist on how individual safety is a function of a space's "liminality" - The more daily activity a space has, the less likely it is for crime to occur there.

#UrbanDesign #CrimePrevention #CityPlanning
TikTok · The Happy Urbanist
88.3K likes, 824 comments. “#stitch with @danielle hendricks Part 2 in the Chicago series: Liminal spaces.”
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"Science progresses one funeral at a time," as they say.
Well said! Developing frameworks and classification schemes to understand the world is valuable, but it's important to recognize the tendency for these artifacts to reinforce themselves, creating a less favorable environment for new perspectives to take hold.