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Kevin Zhang's avatar

criminally late to read this as I just got the substack app. great thoughts 👍

re: #1, there’s a Chinese phrase 乐极生悲, which is a similar concept. makes me think how much we actually experience absolute emotions (rather than relative ones derived from comparison)

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vaishu kothi's avatar

ur writing never fails to amaze me, love this sm!

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Trisha Le's avatar

such wonderful reflections 😌

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ange's avatar

i loved this. particularly curious about #5 because i also went to a comedy show and had a bit of an epiphany afterwards. excited to see more here in 2024 :)

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Erick's avatar

Happy Birthday!!

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