Essays - Elizaveta Friesem

Elizaveta Friesem

About
Books
- Media is us >
- Hypertexts >
  - Me, looking for meaning >
    
    A >
    
    Am I strong or am I weak?
    
    B >
    
    Binaries
    
    Both sides
    
    Bureaucracy
    
    C >
    
    Can I give myself credit for being empathetic?
    
    Choice
    
    Circumstances
    
    Cognitive biases
    
    Common sense
    
    Communication
    
    Content and form of this book
    
    Coronavirus and me
    
    Culture
    
    Cycle of violence
    
    D >
    
    Depression
    
    Do children ask themselves about the purpose of life?
    
    Doing the right thing
    
    E >
    
    Emotional pain
    
    Empathy
    
    Empathy as a matter of self-preservation
    
    Everybody has their struggles
    
    Everybody is connected
    
    Explain/excuse conflation
    
    F >
    
    Feelings and emotions
    
    Forgetting about your purpose
    
    Free will
    
    G >
    
    Good vs. Bad
    
    H >
    
    How much do we understand each other?
    
    Human brain
    
    Human nature
    
    Human needs
    
    Human thinking
    
    Human thinking is nonlinear
    
    Hurt people hurt people
    
    Hypertext books
    
    I >
    
    I am an optimist
    
    Ideas
    
    "I'll never understand!"
    
    Individual meanings vs. shared meanings
    
    Inner compass
    
    Interpretation
    
    "It is what it is"
    
    J
    
    K >
    
    Knowing your true purpose
    
    Knowledge
    
    L >
    
    Language
    
    List of completed pages
    
    Literal vs. nonliteral communication
    
    M >
    
    Make Sense
    
    May I meet this, too, with kindness
    
    Meaning as importance
    
    Mean and stupid
    
    My Anxiety
    
    Meaning
    
    Meaningless
    
    Meaning wars
    
    Meaning of life
    
    Meaning communities
    
    Meanings perceived by animals
    
    Meaning-seeking vs. meaning-making
    
    Media
    
    (Mis)understanding each other's needs
    
    My perfectionism
    
    My quest for meaning
    
    N >
    
    Norms
    
    O >
    
    Objectification
    
    On being a scholar
    
    On being a writer
    
    On being right
    
    P >
    
    Paradox
    
    Parenting
    
    Privilege
    
    Polarization
    
    Postmodern worldview
    
    Postmodern philosophy
    
    Power
    
    Power of the mind
    
    Problem/solution binary
    
    Q
    
    R >
    
    Reality
    
    Rhizome in philosophy
    
    S >
    
    Science, religion and art
    
    Self-awareness and empathy of higher order
    
    Self-awareness
    
    Self-empathy
    
    Stories we tell
    
    Society vs Individual
    
    Subjectivity and objectivity
    
    Suggested citation format
    
    Synesthesia
    
    T >
    
    "The Death of the Author"
    
    The importance of having a purpose
    
    Truth
    
    U >
    
    Understanding ourselves
    
    Us and them
    
    V >
    
    Verbal vs. nonverbal communication
    
    Violence in the human nature
    
    W >
    
    What does it mean to "understand"?
    
    What is a text?
    
    What we can learn about ourselves from media
    
    What is "natural"?
    
    What's the point?
    
    What will this project become?
    
    Where do meanings come from?
    
    Why am I trying to stay sane?
    
    Why do people hurt each other?
    
    Why is language so unhelpful?
    
    Why do everyday objects make sense?
    
    Why do misunderstandings happen?
    
    X
    
    Y
    
    Z
  - Power of meanings // Meanings of power
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Workshops
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- Bio
- Talks and interviews
- Essays
- My poetry >
  - Russian poems >
    
    Stranger
    
    Lonely heart
    
    Fairy tales
    
    Dreams and nightmares
    
    Puzzles
    
    Moon
    
    Seasons
    
    Muse
    
    Art
    
    Games
    
    Sketches
    
    Nonsense
  - English poems
- Educational materials
Contact me

My Essays

Essays on Medium:

My mantra for dealing with overwhelming emotions
It's not about "them": How to fight polarization by challenging yourself
Every day can be Thanksgiving
Five surprising facts about empathy
Dealing with arguments around the Thanksgiving table
Media is you

Blog posts for Courageous RI:

Start with yourself
The importance of online kindness
Beyond bad guys
The curious case of half-changed minds
You are not wrong - you are incomplete

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About
Books
- Media is us >
- Hypertexts >
  - Me, looking for meaning >
    
    A >
    
    Am I strong or am I weak?
    
    B >
    
    Binaries
    
    Both sides
    
    Bureaucracy
    
    C >
    
    Can I give myself credit for being empathetic?
    
    Choice
    
    Circumstances
    
    Cognitive biases
    
    Common sense
    
    Communication
    
    Content and form of this book
    
    Coronavirus and me
    
    Culture
    
    Cycle of violence
    
    D >
    
    Depression
    
    Do children ask themselves about the purpose of life?
    
    Doing the right thing
    
    E >
    
    Emotional pain
    
    Empathy
    
    Empathy as a matter of self-preservation
    
    Everybody has their struggles
    
    Everybody is connected
    
    Explain/excuse conflation
    
    F >
    
    Feelings and emotions
    
    Forgetting about your purpose
    
    Free will
    
    G >
    
    Good vs. Bad
    
    H >
    
    How much do we understand each other?
    
    Human brain
    
    Human nature
    
    Human needs
    
    Human thinking
    
    Human thinking is nonlinear
    
    Hurt people hurt people
    
    Hypertext books
    
    I >
    
    I am an optimist
    
    Ideas
    
    "I'll never understand!"
    
    Individual meanings vs. shared meanings
    
    Inner compass
    
    Interpretation
    
    "It is what it is"
    
    J
    
    K >
    
    Knowing your true purpose
    
    Knowledge
    
    L >
    
    Language
    
    List of completed pages
    
    Literal vs. nonliteral communication
    
    M >
    
    Make Sense
    
    May I meet this, too, with kindness
    
    Meaning as importance
    
    Mean and stupid
    
    My Anxiety
    
    Meaning
    
    Meaningless
    
    Meaning wars
    
    Meaning of life
    
    Meaning communities
    
    Meanings perceived by animals
    
    Meaning-seeking vs. meaning-making
    
    Media
    
    (Mis)understanding each other's needs
    
    My perfectionism
    
    My quest for meaning
    
    N >
    
    Norms
    
    O >
    
    Objectification
    
    On being a scholar
    
    On being a writer
    
    On being right
    
    P >
    
    Paradox
    
    Parenting
    
    Privilege
    
    Polarization
    
    Postmodern worldview
    
    Postmodern philosophy
    
    Power
    
    Power of the mind
    
    Problem/solution binary
    
    Q
    
    R >
    
    Reality
    
    Rhizome in philosophy
    
    S >
    
    Science, religion and art
    
    Self-awareness and empathy of higher order
    
    Self-awareness
    
    Self-empathy
    
    Stories we tell
    
    Society vs Individual
    
    Subjectivity and objectivity
    
    Suggested citation format
    
    Synesthesia
    
    T >
    
    "The Death of the Author"
    
    The importance of having a purpose
    
    Truth
    
    U >
    
    Understanding ourselves
    
    Us and them
    
    V >
    
    Verbal vs. nonverbal communication
    
    Violence in the human nature
    
    W >
    
    What does it mean to "understand"?
    
    What is a text?
    
    What we can learn about ourselves from media
    
    What is "natural"?
    
    What's the point?
    
    What will this project become?
    
    Where do meanings come from?
    
    Why am I trying to stay sane?
    
    Why do people hurt each other?
    
    Why is language so unhelpful?
    
    Why do everyday objects make sense?
    
    Why do misunderstandings happen?
    
    X
    
    Y
    
    Z
  - Power of meanings // Meanings of power
Editing
Blog
Workshops
Learn more
- Bio
- Talks and interviews
- Essays
- My poetry >
  - Russian poems >
    
    Stranger
    
    Lonely heart
    
    Fairy tales
    
    Dreams and nightmares
    
    Puzzles
    
    Moon
    
    Seasons
    
    Muse
    
    Art
    
    Games
    
    Sketches
    
    Nonsense
  - English poems
- Educational materials
Contact me