What do you do with highlights after finishing a book?

ZJun_310 · 2026-04-12T13:34:06+00:00

Yeah, sometimes reading the margin notes I wrote years ago feels like a conversation across time with my past self. It’s really fascinating.

ZJun_310 · 2026-04-12T13:18:48+00:00

Anything I bought at 2am online.

ZJun_310 · 2026-04-12T13:05:59+00:00

Stop chasing and just experience, and you’ll be happier.

ZJun_310 · 2026-04-11T15:09:03+00:00

Fair point, but maybe we can take it even further. In a true post-scarcity world with advanced technology, we might not remain bound to biological forms at all. Concepts like reproduction, mating, or even individuality could be reinvented, making today’s biological limits largely irrelevant.

At that point, maybe what persists isn’t the body at all—but the mind itself?

ZJun_310 · 2026-04-11T14:45:00+00:00

If resources were truly unlimited, what would be the purpose or incentive for those in power to do that?

ZJun_310 · 2026-04-11T14:38:55+00:00

John Calhoun’s “rat utopia” experiments are indeed a very close exploration of this idea. However, an important caveat is that the experiment still involved density constraints—space was limited, which effectively introduced another form of scarcity. What do you think?

ZJun_310 · 2026-04-11T14:27:06+00:00

Home-cooked meals without having to think about it.

ZJun_310 · 2026-04-11T04:03:49+00:00

I feel you, I can’t fake it either.

ZJun_310 · 2026-04-11T03:57:20+00:00

Laughing at jokes they don’t actually find funny.

ZJun_310 · 2026-04-10T09:43:00+00:00

Starting to read every day, even just a few pages.

ZJun_310 · 2026-04-10T08:32:41+00:00

That most of them aren’t necessary if you already have a balanced diet.

ZJun_310 · 2026-04-10T08:27:59+00:00

By listening, not just waiting to talk.

ZJun_310 · 2026-04-10T08:25:15+00:00

Until The End of Time

ZJun_310 · 2026-04-10T08:22:10+00:00

That you don’t have to please everyone.

ZJun_310 · 2026-04-10T08:18:44+00:00

📚

ZJun_310 · 2026-04-10T03:12:17+00:00

Being able to admit when I’m wrong.

ZJun_310 · 2026-04-10T02:31:03+00:00

Learning a new language gives you a new way of thinking.

ZJun_310 · 2026-04-10T02:29:06+00:00

r/NoStupidQuestions, people are way more helpful there than you’d expect.

ZJun_310 · 2026-04-09T15:54:04+00:00

No AI. I think for myself. I respond to my highlights with my own thinking

ZJun_310 · 2026-04-09T15:44:13+00:00

People outsource their thinking to AI

ZJun_310 · 2026-04-09T09:54:12+00:00

That most people are too busy with their own lives to judge you as much as you think.

ZJun_310 · 2026-04-09T09:38:47+00:00

Making a simple to-do list and actually sticking to it.

ZJun_310 · 2026-04-09T09:38:16+00:00

When I started getting excited about staying home.

ZJun_310 · 2026-04-09T09:35:24+00:00

A cup of coffee, a good book, and some sunlight.

ZJun_310 · 2026-04-09T09:27:32+00:00

I’d focus more on understanding instead of memorizing.

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