“Whenever you squander attention on something that doesn’t put your brain through its paces and stimulate change, your mind stagnates a little and life feels dull.” ― Winifred Gallagher, Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life
She didn't know if she were taken by slavers dumb enough to believe these chains would hold her, or if they thought she was that dumb. But she played along so they wouldn't put on something that works. (X-post /r/AnnoyedToBeBound)
Sometimes I wonder if they'll ever run out of positions to put us into. Then they come up with something new and I no longer have the freedom to wonder.
