Can you be completely present in every moment? Is that the perfect life? But, if it is, are you sacrificing the joy of building something with others? Conversely, if you
Category: On future
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
Missing the point? + A Deep Dive into: Time [pt.2] – Schopenhauer’s idea that the past, future NOR the present can be enjoyed assumes that the past, present and future are actually things.Missing the point? + A Deep Dive into: Time [pt.2] – Schopenhauer’s idea that the past, future NOR the present can be enjoyed assumes that the past, present and future are actually things.
Time is that by virtue of which everything becomes nothingness in our hands and loses all real value. Just because my dog Chunky gets excited when I come home doesn’t
What is Last Thursdayism?What is Last Thursdayism?
The past is not an indicator of (and definitely doesn’t prove) the future. But maybe the past doesn’t even prove the past. Our perceptions and memories all twist with time,
If you fear a future might not be the one you want, don’t avoid the thought. Imagine it, picture it in great detail, you might find it’s not so bad or even actually much better than you think.If you fear a future might not be the one you want, don’t avoid the thought. Imagine it, picture it in great detail, you might find it’s not so bad or even actually much better than you think.
We often fear the unknown. In fact, maybe most of our fears are about things that might happen. Or maybe not. So if you’re tossing up a decision between one thing or
‘Thanks for reminding me’ – How our emotions, past experiences, judgements, sentimentality and sense of attachment interfere with understanding and coming to conclusions about the things that matter most. (+ The philosophy of: Nick Bostrom & one of my students)‘Thanks for reminding me’ – How our emotions, past experiences, judgements, sentimentality and sense of attachment interfere with understanding and coming to conclusions about the things that matter most. (+ The philosophy of: Nick Bostrom & one of my students)
The problem with the things we don’t want to talk about is exactly that: we don’t want to talk about them. But often, and I would argue that always, the
It’s possible to change your future… but here are the six foolproof, super successful, 100% guarantee, no problem ways you can change the past.It’s possible to change your future… but here are the six foolproof, super successful, 100% guarantee, no problem ways you can change the past.
Anything you do, whether it was a mistake or something you did that wish didn’t happen, here’s all the surefire ways to change the past. Ready? Here they are: 1.
Are you suffering because of a future that may not even be bad? Or may even be far greater than you fear? Or may not even happen at all?Are you suffering because of a future that may not even be bad? Or may even be far greater than you fear? Or may not even happen at all?
If something sucks, or worse, is terrible, do we suffer? Maybe you think yes. Is that situation of suffering definite (at least in your current perception of reality)? Maybe you
The Philosophy of: Sarah Connor (in Terminator 2) – There’s no fate but what we make for ourselves.The Philosophy of: Sarah Connor (in Terminator 2) – There’s no fate but what we make for ourselves.
Your future is decided by you. It isn’t set. Every day, there are hundreds, or thousands of decisions you make in your own mind of how to deal with things
The philosophy of Snufkin [pt.6] – Is the only person –and the only moment– that exists this one right now? There’s no past you, no past you, no future you, but only this one right now?The philosophy of Snufkin [pt.6] – Is the only person –and the only moment– that exists this one right now? There’s no past you, no past you, no future you, but only this one right now?
Tomorrow and yesterday were at a distance. – Snufkin There’s a theory that the only real you that exists is the one you are now. And the only moment that
Is Death seriously some annoying thing that can just be cured, like cholera or short-sightedness? AND the philosophy of: Everyone Ever (if it could be.)Is Death seriously some annoying thing that can just be cured, like cholera or short-sightedness? AND the philosophy of: Everyone Ever (if it could be.)
How would what we consider to be ‘living’ change if we could live forever? Well for one, you probably wouldn’t be investing a fuckload of time and money and effort
A Deep Dive into: AI [pt.5] – In the brief period after AI realises it’s smarter and better at us in EVERYTHING, the only jobs left will be those that deal with the annoying thing AI won’t have, understand or give two fucks about: human emotions.A Deep Dive into: AI [pt.5] – In the brief period after AI realises it’s smarter and better at us in EVERYTHING, the only jobs left will be those that deal with the annoying thing AI won’t have, understand or give two fucks about: human emotions.
In the brief period between AI becoming smarter (and funnier) than us and can innovate better than us, process information quicker than us, do every job better than us, and
The philosophy of: Que sara saraThe philosophy of: Que sara sara
If the past is the complete opposite of the future, then if the past is set, that must mean that the future is set in absolutely 0.00000000 ways. There may
What you haven’t been able to do has no effect on what you can (& The philosophy of: Richmond FC Coach Damien Hardwick)What you haven’t been able to do has no effect on what you can (& The philosophy of: Richmond FC Coach Damien Hardwick)
The past don’t define you, Even if it creates you. – from Illy – Two Degrees Today, Richmond Football Club play for a spot in their first Aussie Rules AFL Grand
Spoiler: In two, five, ten and twenty years this is exactly who and where and what you’re going to be…Spoiler: In two, five, ten and twenty years this is exactly who and where and what you’re going to be…
Traveling into the past’s a really, really hard thing to do, but just as hard is traveling into the future. So if we spend time thinking of how we could’ve done