I could be wrong here, but I suspect that if you understand physics, and you understand Greek and Roman philosophy, you pretty much understand life. Philosophy teaches us about the
Month: June 2017
If you didn’t have to sleep at all, would you?If you didn’t have to sleep at all, would you?
If you live a regularly long life, say, to 75, and you sleep a regular amount, you’re going to be asleep for 25 years of your life. One godddamn third
The first blogpost about one of my blogposts: Joshua SpodekThe first blogpost about one of my blogposts: Joshua Spodek
Joshua Spodek wrote the best-selling Leadership Step by Step and his blog’s one of the three sites I check every day¹: We’ve all got something we want to get better at, but
Don’t know what you want or need? Imagine tragedy.Don’t know what you want or need? Imagine tragedy.
The phrases ‘I want’ and ‘I need’ have no relation to one another. Saying ‘I want X and need Y…’ altogether in one sentence makes it sound like the two go together
Ben Lee said this, which doesn’t mean it’s definitely true. But it definitely could be.Ben Lee said this, which doesn’t mean it’s definitely true. But it definitely could be.
And it’s much more valid coming from Ben Lee than, for example, these people: – Khloe Kardashian, Kim Kardashian, or the other one – Lance Armstrong – Miley Cyrus – Billy
Oh, okay. Yeah, no, now I get it.Oh, okay. Yeah, no, now I get it.
Sometimes it takes a while to understand something. Like, when you stay at an Airbnb and they explain the shower to you, that you got to fully open the hot
You know nothing and neither do I and neither did these guys. And that’s okay.You know nothing and neither do I and neither did these guys. And that’s okay.
Spanning over 2300 years, there’s one thing that bound Plato’s Socrates, Henry David Thoreau and Confucius together: They all knew nothing, and they knew it. This was a song Thoreau
Chunky’s school of philosophy – Lesson #4Chunky’s school of philosophy – Lesson #4
In Meditations, Marcus Aurelius talks about how to see everything for how important it really is, by taking ‘Plato’s view’. That is, specifically a bird’s eye one. It’s best to take
I’m just one of 7 billion with a philosophy on life, but this is mineI’m just one of 7 billion with a philosophy on life, but this is mine
I call it ‘Whyism’. Because life is long when you ask yourself why you do ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING. But it’s mad, hella, crazy short when you do things –anything– mindlessly. And