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I just want to let you guys know Cornell's entire library is open access (no permissions required) and there are (shocker) many books...

something fascinating in humans and overconsumption is that we fondamentally want what other wants. I’m absolutely prone to this as well. If something in not interesting to us at first but suddenly is wanted by a large number of people, it makes the item a lot more attractive. We might want something because other people wants it, not because we would want it on it’s own. It’s like kids that want specifically the toy another kid is playing with even if they are surrounded by other toys. And sometimes it becomes a problem.

[image description: a vibrant drawing of a person's head from behind. the person has dark brown skin and long braids pulled back in a ponytail. there are brightly colored space themed beads in their braids. they are also wearing a matching earring. there is a yellow starburst behind their head. there are pink highlights throughout the drawing. end image description.]

remember to take good care of yourself because that's literally your self dude. like that's you