Platon'un Şölen'inde yer alan ünlü mit, insanların ilk başlarda hermafrodit (çift cinsiyetli) olduğu daha sonra Tanrı tarafından ikiye bölündükleri ve bu yarım insanların o andan itibaren diğer yarılarını bulmak üzere dünyayı dolaştıklarından bahseder. İdealist Platon'a göre aşk, bizim kaybettiğimiz yarımıza duyduğumuz özlemdir...
Bir paradoks var. Gece olmasaydi biz yıldızlı göğün muhteşem manzarasından mahrum kalacaktık. Buna göre, ışık bizi bir çeşit "görme" den alıkoyarken karanlık bir şeyleri "görmemize" yardımcı olur.
Women have always worked. They have worked unpaid, underpaid, underappreciated, and invisibly, but they have always worked. But the modern workplace does not work for women. From its location, to its hours, to its regulatory standards, it has been designed around the lives of men and it is no longer fit for purpose.
You don't owe prettiness to anyone. Not to your boyfriend/spouse/partner, not to your co-workers, especially not to random men on the street. You don't owe it to your mother, you don't owe it to your children, you don't owe it to civilization in general. Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked "female". Erin McKean
You encounter a choice. But narrow framing makes you miss options.
You analyze your options. But the confirmation bias leads you to gather self serving info.
You make a choice. But short-term emotion will often tempt you to make the wrong one.
Then you will live with it. But you will often be overconfident about how the future will unfold.