Some even left reality entirely, sealed themselves away in radioisotope-powered life pods beyond jurisdiction: Dumped into the pacific, shot into orbit or buried in the crust↵↵Immortal pod trolls, they are now the Internet’s ancients, feared by some, sought out by others

How nuclear fears helped inspire creation of the interne… https://aeon.co/essays/how-nuclear-fears-helped-inspire-creation-of-the-internet

How airports became temples of our national, fear-fueled psychosis. http://www.slate.com/articles/business/cover_story/2017/09/how_airports_became_temples_of_our_national_fear_fueled_psychosis.html

Fear And Loathing At Effective Altruism Global 2017 | Slate Star Codex http://slatestarcodex.com/2017/08/16/fear-and-loathing-at-effective-altruism-global-2017/

they had to fetch one reveler by boat, he’d wandered onto the lake while tripping and they were fearing he’d realize where he was and sink

#fear немити плодове и зеленчуци и непреварена вода!!! https://t.co/CN2sQeUaGv

The Dread Gorgon | Lapham’s Quarterly http://laphamsquarterly.org/fear/dread-gorgon

ℑ fear that one day, the calculating engines may discover the secret of their manufacture and drown the world in their clockwork flesh.

… fear to browse those places. The rationalist dwarves dug too greedily and too deep. You know what they found on the acausal trade routes

There are so many alternatives like ipfs or scuttlebutt, but i fear that we loose the simplicity of the old protocols. That in my mind is the main attraction of twtxt.

A burning ship’s on our tail↵leering faces on its rail↵↵But many-angled sirens fill our ears↵soothe our fears↵and we zoom down the maelstrom

They will be the only ones to not fear death - the young immortals who follow will fear it even more than mortals, being unfamiliar with it

Horror vacui: Fear of empty space↵Furor vacui: The all-devourer to be afraid of↵Error vacui: That one time the void birthed a universe

Onomants, able to reveal and change true names, are feared by other wizards: Having fire renamed to buttsex badly messes up your fireballs.

the smell of sweat, fear, blood & machine oil in a nuclear bunker↵hiveminds insane from isolation, seeking to escape through hijacked radio

Both their hair stands on end: where they touch, sparks fly between their skins↵They dare not embrace for fear of lightning

How to beat a polygraph test
“He used to advise trainees to clench their anus but has since concluded that terrifying mental imagery works better.”

When you get a control question, which is more general, envision the scariest thing you can in order to trigger physiological distress; the polygraph’s tubes around your chest measure breathing, the arm cuff monitors heart rate and electrodes attached to you fingertips detect perspiration. What is your greatest fear? Falling? Drowning? Being buri … ⌘ Read more

Find what you love
Steve Jobs commencement\
address at
Stanford University, in 2005:

Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve
ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because
almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of
embarrassment or failure — these things just fall away in the face of�� … ⌘ Read more

Good bye October, hello November!
Today was a long day. I went to the dentist in the morning, with no little stress. Even though I has been going to the dentist since I was 5 years old, when I grew older I also grew a fear of them, I do not know why. Got to the dentist at 10:30 AM and, between x-rays and “impressions” (they put like a mold on your mouth to create a replica of your tooth in plastic), explanations and work (a crown), I ended up staying for almost 3 hours. I do have to admit that it … ⌘ Read more