#Nāgārjuna's #Madhyamaka #philosophy articulates #śūnyatā (#emptiness) and the two truths, dismantling the notion of intrinsic essence and affirming the interdependent, provisional nature of all phenomena. This insight avoids both #nihilism and #essentialism, shaping #Mahāyāna and #Zen thought. In this post, I summed up the key aspects of this profound teaching and its implications for #Buddhist practice:

https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-06-15-sunyata_and_two_truths/

It's not about #Minimalism, it's about #Essentialism. This video gets to the heart of the matter.

#Design #ProductDesign

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc5nXAu1WY4

Adopted and donor-conceived children were way less likely to confound nature and nurture than traditionally-conceived kids (ages 4 to 8).

And this difference wasn’t explained by differences in parents.

Here's the free preprint (otherwise paywalled in Developmental Psychology): https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/3e8rj

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adi1188

"Essentialism is the lay assumption that categories of living things have underlying, unobservable “essences”. When applied to sex and gender, this assumption has a range of negative consequences, including stereotyping & discrimination."
#essentialism #biologytextbooks
#sexessentialism

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown, 2014

Essentialism is more than a time-management strategy or a productivity technique. It is a systematic discipline for discerning what is absolutely essential, then eliminating everything that is not, so we can make the highest possible contribution toward the things that really matter.

@bookstodon
#books
#nonfiction
#SelfHelp
#essentialism

BLOG POST
Reconnecting with Minimalism: https://codemaclife.com/2024/03/02/reconnecting-with-minimalism.html

Read on Medium: https://medium.com/@codemaclife/reconnecting-with-minimalism-fe6d8e73515b

‘All of Us’ genetics chart stirs unease over controversial depiction of race
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00568-w #AllofUs #genetics #controversy #race #essentialism #pseudoscience