THE ARCHIVE

WORTH KNOWING. WORTH KEEPING.

Every fact, quote, and term we’ve ever shared — growing one entry at a time.

Triangulation
A pattern where a third person is pulled into a two-person conflict, often to avoid direct confrontation between the original two.
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The practice of love offers no place of safety.
bell hooks, All About Love
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The spotlight effect: people consistently overestimate how much others notice their mistakes or appearance, because everyone is quietly focused on themselves instead.
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Intermittent Reinforcement
A reward pattern that arrives unpredictably rather than consistently, which research suggests makes a behavior harder to let go of, not easier.
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When we love we can let our hearts speak.
bell hooks, All About Love
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The bystander effect: the more people who witness someone in distress, the less likely any single person is to step in — each assumes someone else will.
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Hedonic Adaptation
The tendency for excitement about a positive change — a raise, a new relationship — to fade back to a stable baseline over time.
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Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving.
bell hooks, All About Love
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Some philosophers argue consciousness may not be limited to brains like ours at all — that it could, in theory, arise in very different kinds of systems.
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Social Proof
The tendency to look at what others are doing in an uncertain situation and assume that must be the correct thing to do.
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But many of us seek community solely to escape the fear of being alone.
bell hooks, All About Love
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Despite years of popularity, a two-year study found fish oil supplements showed no measurable benefit for memory or cognitive decline.
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Cognitive Load
The amount of mental effort currently being used in working memory, which drops sharply the more decisions or distractions pile up.
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There can be no love without justice.
bell hooks, All About Love
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Research on childhood criticism suggests the fear of failure it creates isn’t fixed — revisiting and reframing those early experiences as an adult can measurably soften it.
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