resilience - ahri's unqualified thoughts #75

Easy to consume content: 1 quote, 1 tweet/storm and 1 article/video.

In this edition, given the market conditions, we talk about resilience and anger management.

1 quote

"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all." - Emily Dickinson

1 tweet/storm

Many of us, self-proclaimed nerds and cave-dwellers were already intimately familiar with Nvidia and Jensen Huang, since we ate GPUs for breakfast in our quest for the ultimate gaming graphics.

But those days are now a distant memory. Huang has ascended to become one of the most closely watched CEOs in the world, one of the wealthiest individuals on the planet, and a leading visionary in AI (and probably, the future of humanity for a little bit of doom posting lol).

A particular segment in this interview that resonated with me—and apparently, with at least 784,899 others—was cheeky discourse on the necessity of pain and suffering on the road to achieving any form of greatness.

While I claim no expertise or significant influence (remember, this is called “unqualified thoughts”), I kinda agree, a lot.

Reflecting on my journey, I recognize how my most challenging moments of pain and suffering have been instrumental in molding me into who I am today, instilling a resilience I previously lacked—and at times, still search for.

After all, as Khalil Gibran eloquently put it, "Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars."

1 article/video

Once again, I find myself recommending an article from

Massimo Pigliucci

— whose newsletter and podcast are well worth subscribing to.

This isn't the first time I've delved into the topic of anger and its management, nor is it my first time highlighting his insights.

In his latest piece, he explores the Stoic viewpoint on anger, challenges some of the recent studies/prevailing opinions on the subject, and delves into the Stoic reconciliation of emotion with reason.

I encourage you to read the article. However, there's a particular line that brought a smile to my face, echoing many discussions I've had with friends: the importance of maintaining balance and how being overly positive isn’t necessarily better than being always angry.

“Again, I’m surprised that anyone is surprised by any of the above. I would have guessed that it is just as naive and toxic to be positive all the time as it is to be angry all the time. Neither strikes me as a balanced approach to human psychology.”

After all, the great Thorfinn from Vinland Saga does say “I have no enemies”.

We should be more like him, so less anger.

(Should have thought about this giga brain strategy a long time ago, eh?)