“Once I stop spending energy trying to prevent things I have no control over, I have a tremendous amount of energy to focus on the places where I can make a difference.”
“Anger is frustration at the fact that we are not God, and do not have control over reality.”
“A good conversation always involves a certain amount of complaining. I like to bond over mutual hatreds and petty grievances.”
“The number of games went up or down according to the brutal, elegant logic of the economics of fun:a certain amount of difficultyplusa certain amount of your friendsplusa certain amount of interesting strangersplusa certain amount of rewardplusa certain amount of opportunityequaledfun”
“. . . reality just seems to come in certain undeniable chunks.”