Tag: self

• Maria on Character

  Brain Pickings: What is Character? Debunking the Myth of Fixed Personality Who am I? What is my character? What is my personality? These are questions that intrigue or trouble me according to the mood of the day. And I have been known to let myself be crushed under the weight of their unanswerability at the…

  valsaksornchai

  March 6, 2014

  Psychology, Self

  brain, brain pickings, change, character, dream, feeling, Maria Popova, myth, neuroscience, person, personality, Psychology, self, temperament

• Two Worlds

  

  When you live in a city, you don’t only become part of it; it becomes part of you. I first had the idea for this post in a shower. And for weeks it has been brewing in the back of my mind. Partly because I have been feeling tired recently, which is no good for…

  valsaksornchai

  February 23, 2014

  Bangkok, Cities, Life, London, Self

  Bangkok, Bristol, car, commute, culture, Economics, environment, identity, Life, London, Oxford, Paris, Politics, Relationship, self, society, Thailand, traffic, train, urban, Walking

• What’s Wrong with Being Selfish?

  

  I am writing this at 3pm, having slept a meagre 3 hours after a night of trying futilely to fall asleep. I am tired and my head throbs. But I want to write. This is my first post in a little over three weeks. I have been busy writing my essay (which by now is…

  valsaksornchai

  February 2, 2014

  Curiosities, Life, Mind

  brain, effort, Kahneman, logic, questions, rationality, self, selfish, selfishness, selfless, System, Thought