philosophy
Free Will in a Nutshell
Annaka Harris [https://annakaharris.com](who has a great new book on the mystery of Consciousness [https://amzn.to/2Y9X2vW]) quoting Galen Strawson [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galen_Strawson] on the Making Sense [https://samharris.org/podcasts/159-conscious/] podcast: > “What you do follows from what you are.’ That
Questions
“I would rather have questions I can’t answer than answers I can’t question.” — Max Tegmark [(https://overcast.fm/+Ic2hP3AZs/42:01]
A Pessimistic View of Optimism
Yesterday's post Things are Getting Better All the Time [https://www.cjchilvers.com/things-are-getter-better-all-the-time/] received more pushback than anything I've written in a while. It's not surprising. Consider the amount of media coming at us daily with sky-is-falling headlines. It's a shock
The Importance of Leisure
We need a different relationship with leisure in our minds. It may be the best investment we can make. I refer over and over to this article by Maria Popova: Leisure, The Basis of Culture [https://www.brainpickings.org/2015/08/10/leisure-the-basis-of-culture-josef-pieper/?mc_cid=c738efb0b7&mc_eid=d012da5742]
There is Less to Life
Every business failure I've ever had has come down to one problem: overthinking. It accounts for most failures in the rest of my life as well. Of course, a total lack of thinking can lead to ruin. But, I think we tend to overcomplicate life in general. Most
Hypocrisy
Merlin Mann [http://twitter.com/#!/hotdogsladies/status/81389251425615872]: > Being consistent is WAY less interesting than being yourself. And if you’re not interesting? Good luck with your Big Consistency Project. This is why I call most things I do around here experiments. I write heated posts on a topic,
Heres What Life Comes Down To Not How Many Years
> “Here’s what life comes down to: not how many years you live, but how many of those years are filled with bullshit that doesn’t amount to anything to satisfy the requirements of some dickheads you’ll never get the pleasure of punching in the face.” — Adam Carolla’
I Have Either To Learn Or Have Fun When Im
> “I have either to learn or have fun when I’m working. That’s my only guideline. If I’m not doing either, I just stop.” — Stephen Shore (via A Photo Editor [http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2010/07/05/thats-my-only-guideline/])