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Aussie MP Julia Banks says she could live on $40 a day if she needed to. And the common criticism of her is “Well, why don’t you?” Banks comes from a wealthy blue-blooded heritage and she can probably afford to live of $4000 a day if she needed to. But this criticism of her, telling her to ‘do it then’,…
The task of literature is to reconnect us with feelings that otherwise might be unbearable to study, but which desperately need our attention. – Franz Kafka All the toughest things, the things that make you most anxious, or scared must be acknowledged and delved into to truly free yourself of them. Ignoring or deluding yourself of the things that bring…
Which is more important? To create contentment in your life? Or to find or also create excitement? Is one more important than the other? Can you have both? If you have too much of one, does the other become redundant, unnecessary or unwanted? And if you find, or can create both, it’s possible you have everything that you could possibly hope for. It’s…
If the Onion have nailed this one, it could be the most important article they have, since it doesn’t involve just a major life decision, a major life fear, regret and a decision that involves a whole life (or at least a massive chunk of it) of living your life in a way you don’t honestly want to. Why? Out of fear of…
This is what co-founder of the Future of Life Institute says in his book, Life 3.0: It’s not our universe that gives meaning to conscious beings, but conscious beings giving meaning to the universe. And this is what two of his favourite physicists say: First, Steven Weinberg: The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it seems pointless. (which is something Camus…
Despite all the confusing aspects of life and living, and having to make decisions in it that we basically know that in some way will be wrong, and the short time we actually get to be alive doing those confusing things, Albert Camus would say that we have to accept it, embrace it and live it. And one of the joys, perhaps…
Yes, life is chaotic. And yes, the major choices in life are difficult or impossible to work out and get right. And yeah, nature is unpredictable and even though we came from it, we still try to work it out. And mmmhmm girrrl, we know nothing about death, and can not know anything about from anyone else who’s done it,…
In A Wrinkle in Time, the three wise women, Mrs. Who, Mrs. Whatsit and Mrs. Which share wisdom gathered from living for a billion years. But then why does Ms. Who quote the nationality of the famous people she quotes when sharing her wisdom? For example, when she quotes Buddha, she identifies him as Nepali, Rumi as Persian and Outkast as American. Why,…
Even if you will never get the facts of something, making decisions based purely on emotion leads to decisions that you actually may not have wanted to make. Wait. Breathe. Think. And use your reason, after some time to make decisions. Especially ones that may affect you for a long time, if not for the rest of your life
This is one of the things that Massimo Pigluicci’s about: And in his article, “How to Live (Like a Stoic)” in the latest issue of New Philosopher magazine, Massimo Pigliucci said this: People think that philosophy is about pondering, and ideally answering, questions like the following ones: Does life have meaning? What is a life worth living? How can we best deal with…