topics to contemplate that I currently don't have insights on

dilemmas

• suffering, pleasure
• future, now
• work, rest
• differentiation, unification

principles

• golden rule
• no principles, just react
• epicurean: good feels good, bad feels bad
• Maslow's hierarchy + game theory + behavioral economics

modes of interaction: avoidance, attraction, ambivalence

avoidance includes fear of missing out, fear of loss

touch triggers emotion for me

motivating questions:

• "what do I want?" This will have different questions for different people
• "how will I accomplish what I want?" This will have different questions for different people
• There's no requirement that either of the above questions be asked or be answered

How do people work?

My fundamental question right now, my passion, is, "How do people work?"

The relevance is I want to figure out how to get what I want from other people. I recognize that this requires learning, which I also like. Learning this also helps inform how I interact with other people.

I think the best way to approach interactions is with loving curiosity. 

I interact with people on a single or few aspects, rather than the whole person.