Think about your past… How many things in it happened as expected? How predictable has your life been based on how you thought it would turn out? So how likely is
Month: April 2018
‘Relationships’? What is ‘relationships’? – Is a relationship just a constant battle between your desire for freedom and fear of insecurity?‘Relationships’? What is ‘relationships’? – Is a relationship just a constant battle between your desire for freedom and fear of insecurity?
In the Onion Encyclopaedia, or The Book of Known Knowledge, a relationship is defined as: Social bond lasting anywhere from 2 weeks to 70 years, the entirety of which is
When it comes to living your own life, and choosing between two alternatives, is this how to do it?When it comes to living your own life, and choosing between two alternatives, is this how to do it?
If you have two ways to live your life, and you wrestle between doing one thing (at the expense of the other), ask yourself these questions… Do I want this?
A Deep Dive into: AI [pt.10] – On the philosophy of: Terminator Genisys (If the Terminators are super intelligent, why don’t they just poison the water supply with a undetectable neurotoxin instead of fighting us on our level, with dumbass guns and bullets? If I want to kill a bug I don’t put all my effort into shrinking myself to its level so I can fight like an ant, making it a ‘fair’ fight.)A Deep Dive into: AI [pt.10] – On the philosophy of: Terminator Genisys (If the Terminators are super intelligent, why don’t they just poison the water supply with a undetectable neurotoxin instead of fighting us on our level, with dumbass guns and bullets? If I want to kill a bug I don’t put all my effort into shrinking myself to its level so I can fight like an ant, making it a ‘fair’ fight.)
If there’s an ant in my kitchen, wandering across the benchtop, I squish it. I don’t fight with it and try to kill it in a way that other ants
The Philosophy of: Philosophy – It’s not about studying it; it’s about living it.The Philosophy of: Philosophy – It’s not about studying it; it’s about living it.
Learning how to live life matters shit if you don’t actually live it. You can read all the books you want, all the great wisdom from all history’s clearest thinkers, but
A Deep Dive into: Happiness [pt.1] – Is it a real goal, a real thing, a linguistic label or nothing at all? (inspired by one of the students I teach)A Deep Dive into: Happiness [pt.1] – Is it a real goal, a real thing, a linguistic label or nothing at all? (inspired by one of the students I teach)
I asked my class today ‘What are Humanity’s greatest accomplishments/achievements?’ And one of the answers that came back back was: Happiness. Whether we have achieved/accomplished this as a species (or any
Today is the most important day of your life.Today is the most important day of your life.
Nobody has ever existed in their past. Or future. The only moment you experience currently is the one you are in at this moment. You did experience things in the past
What are you doing right now? Are you doing what YOU want, or what people EXPECT you to do? Or do you feel bad that you’re not doing what people expect you to?What are you doing right now? Are you doing what YOU want, or what people EXPECT you to do? Or do you feel bad that you’re not doing what people expect you to?
This is your life. You have exactly 1.000000000 of them. No one has any more, or any less (let me know if you find anyone who has lived 0.9 or
Is it possible to want what you have? And… is it possible to even not feel desire at all? For the feeling of want to become a feeling impossible to feel or understand?Is it possible to want what you have? And… is it possible to even not feel desire at all? For the feeling of want to become a feeling impossible to feel or understand?
‘Being poor is not having too little, it is wanting more.’ – Seneca the Younger Humans may not be around today if we hadn’t been so ambitious to want more.
A Deep Dive into: Why we have kids [pt.4] – The Philosophy of: Ricky Gervais – There’s no box of ghost children waiting to be released (or is there?)A Deep Dive into: Why we have kids [pt.4] – The Philosophy of: Ricky Gervais – There’s no box of ghost children waiting to be released (or is there?)
Have you looked around lately? Go on… walk around in town during a busy shopping day… or go out on a Saturday night… tell me if you see any other
The philosophy of: Impulse – The change of momentumThe philosophy of: Impulse – The change of momentum
If you live your life thinking of what you do, why you do it, and always aiming to better your life and that of others around you, impulses fade and