Once upon a time, The Bongo Brothers went wandering the desert, in desperate search for the new sound. Well, it was once upon a time in an episode of The Mighty
Author: Dave
How likely is it that the things you fear will actually eventuate?How likely is it that the things you fear will actually eventuate?
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
‘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
The Philosophy of: Ricky Gervais [pt.2] – On Philosophy & If you were just a mind in a tank..The Philosophy of: Ricky Gervais [pt.2] – On Philosophy & If you were just a mind in a tank..
This is Ricky Gervais and his actual philosophy on Philosophy, if you were a mind in a tank, and why or why not this isn’t a dream. And Karl Pilkington
A Deep Dive into: The meaning/purpose of life – The Philosophy of: Ricky Gervais [pt.1]A Deep Dive into: The meaning/purpose of life – The Philosophy of: Ricky Gervais [pt.1]
In this quick interview with The New Philosopher, Ricky Gervais answers questions with his usual Ricky Gervais genius. But it’s his answer to the last that stands out as most
(A reminder of) The Philosophy of Chunky – It Chunky destroys it, it’s worth nothing.(A reminder of) The Philosophy of Chunky – It Chunky destroys it, it’s worth nothing.
The point of writing (whether just for yourself or publishing it) is to document what you do, why you did it, and then reflect on it to see how it
A Deep Dive into: Fear – If you just CHOSE to accept, and DECIDED to not be afraid of any of your fears, and then chose to see ‘living’ as your only goal in life, wouldn’t you be eternally and constantly free?A Deep Dive into: Fear – If you just CHOSE to accept, and DECIDED to not be afraid of any of your fears, and then chose to see ‘living’ as your only goal in life, wouldn’t you be eternally and constantly free?
If you just chose to not be scared of dying alone, not meeting someone, not having kids, getting ugly, getting old, not finding a job you like, not being remembered
The Philosophy of: Philosophy (and one of my Philosophy tutors)The Philosophy of: Philosophy (and one of my Philosophy tutors)
When Science and Technology advance to the point where people are going to live for 200+ years, the ironic thing is that the one thing that science ensured we drifted
The Philosophy of Monty Python’s Stan (from Life of Brian) – You came from nothing, you go back to nothing. What’ve ya got to lose? Nothing.The Philosophy of Monty Python’s Stan (from Life of Brian) – You came from nothing, you go back to nothing. What’ve ya got to lose? Nothing.
Everything that is something had to come from nothing. Every relationship you have in your life, at some point, was not there. So if you were fine before it happened, it’s
The Philosophy of: Monty Python’s Socrates (and his match winning golazo vs Germany)The Philosophy of: Monty Python’s Socrates (and his match winning golazo vs Germany)
Philosophy, both reading it, studying it, and most importantly living it, is not about winning, or being the better than others (or the best) at it. In saying that though,
The Philosophy of: Karl Popper – Nothing can be proven right, it can only be proven wrongThe Philosophy of: Karl Popper – Nothing can be proven right, it can only be proven wrong
Karl Popper’s philosophy Science can be applied to real life, for realsies. You don’t know anything. You can just experiment, analyse and reflect to show what doesn’t work, what isn’t