Four hundred years ago, the people Andreessen imagines were blissfully unselfconscious were reading Augustine and Montaigne and arguing about Stoic philosophy. They were writing diaries and letters that examined their own motives with considerable care. They were not, in fact, just moving forward without asking where they were going.

https://www.joanwestenberg.com/marc-andreessen-is-wrong-about-introspection/

Donald Trump is teaching the world a lesson
- but not the one he thinks.

The attack on Iran was meant to be a dazzling display of military supremacy.

It has instead illuminated chinks in the US’s armour.

The US president’s formidable arsenal cannot summon up an insurrection from Iran’s tyrannised and leaderless opposition.
It cannot force merchant ships to run a gauntlet of missile and drone attacks in the strait of Hormuz.
The government in Tehran and the facts of geography that give it leverage over global trade are unchanged.
Trump’s exasperation is showing.
-- He urges tanker crews to “show some guts” by sailing into harm’s way.
He calls on Nato members to provide naval chaperones and accuses them of cowardice and ingratitude for refusing.
He comes across as peevish and flustered.
Impotence is not a good look in a potentate.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/18/donald-trump-limits-us-power-slow-learner-china-iran-war?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Mindfulness is such an important skill for coping with the rejection sensitivity or big, fast emotions that are so common to ADHD.

Being able to experience these emotions without them consuming us, gives us the opportunity to pause and get some space instead of responding out of raw emotion