Beware of Optimization

Joshua Derrick
5 min readJan 27, 2021
Photo by Hernan Sanchez on Unsplash

If you seek tranquility, do less. Or do what’s essential — what the logos of a social being requires, and to the requisite way. Which brings a double satisfaction: to do less better.

Because most of what we say and do is not essential. If you can eliminate it, you’ll have more time, and more tranquility. Ask yourself at every moment, is this necessary?

But we need to eliminate unnecessary…

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Joshua Derrick

Every honest man puts his name to what he writes. Language learning, literature and biology. Blog transitioning to substack: https://deusexvita.substack.com/