I’m in California or Mexico right now (probably), so for a few weeks, this is a collection of all my favourite questions I’ve thought of in the last year and bit since I started
Category: On Life
What’s on your mind? In the context of the universe and infinity, does it matter?What’s on your mind? In the context of the universe and infinity, does it matter?
I’m in California or Mexico right now (probably), so for a few weeks, this is a collection of all my favourite questions I’ve thought of in the last year and bit since I started
Why is there ‘life’? Can you think of anything more fucking remarkable than biological life in itself?Why is there ‘life’? Can you think of anything more fucking remarkable than biological life in itself?
I’m in California or Mexico right now (probably), so for a few weeks, this is a collection of all my favourite questions I’ve thought of in the last year and bit since I started
What makes you feel ALIVE?What makes you feel ALIVE?
I’m in California or Mexico right now (probably), so for a few weeks, this is a collection of all my favourite questions I’ve thought of in the last year and bit since I started
What’s your manifesto? – The Philosophy of the Charolastras and Luisa from Y Tu Mamá También)What’s your manifesto? – The Philosophy of the Charolastras and Luisa from Y Tu Mamá También)
This is the manifesto of Diego and Julio (who call themselves Mexican or Space cowboys – Charolastras) in Y Tu Mama También. They don’t stick to it anyway, but they
Fall, Glimmer, Sparkle and Fade (So Much for the Afterglow & Invisible Stars, Burning out in the Dark) – The Philosophy of: Everclear (& what Camus’ Meursault and Neil Young have to do with it)Fall, Glimmer, Sparkle and Fade (So Much for the Afterglow & Invisible Stars, Burning out in the Dark) – The Philosophy of: Everclear (& what Camus’ Meursault and Neil Young have to do with it)
There is nothing that is as useless as the pursuit of legacy. To be remembered when you’re not living, by people in the future, many of who haven’t been born
Good News or bad news? Wait and see. – The Philosophy of: Lao Tzu and the Tao Te Ching [pt.2]Good News or bad news? Wait and see. – The Philosophy of: Lao Tzu and the Tao Te Ching [pt.2]
Anything that happens to you… whether you think it’s good… or bad… or terrible… just wait. Think about something you love that is in your life… is it possible, that
Just try and be down, worried, sad, anxious or whatever else while listening to this song [pt.3] – Bob Marley’s Three Little BirdsJust try and be down, worried, sad, anxious or whatever else while listening to this song [pt.3] – Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds
There’s a few songs that you when you listen to, it’s impossible to not feel good. Physically, physiologically, emotionally, psychologically, economically, and all the other -ally’s. Kokomo is one. No
If the world got hit by an asteroid and was going to go ‘kaboom’ in a week from now, what would you do? How would you spend your last week? Who would you go see? What would you tell the people closest to you?If the world got hit by an asteroid and was going to go ‘kaboom’ in a week from now, what would you do? How would you spend your last week? Who would you go see? What would you tell the people closest to you?
Imagine… Imagine that a week from now, an asteroid was going to smash into earth, causing devastating earthquakes and tsunamis to begin with, and then a destabilising of the atmosphere
Was Christopher McCandless from Into The Wild an idiot? (and what’s Natasha from Tolstoy’s War & Peace’s got to do with it)Was Christopher McCandless from Into The Wild an idiot? (and what’s Natasha from Tolstoy’s War & Peace’s got to do with it)
Christopher mcCandless had it all. Young, bright, a college graduate. A promising future. A secure family life. All before him, just as he was about to start his career. So,
Question: Though there may be no universal meaning of life, what is the meaning of YOUR life?Question: Though there may be no universal meaning of life, what is the meaning of YOUR life?
Albert Camus’ Meursault found meaning to his own life. So did Sisyphus. And so did Izzy in the Last Kiss. And there may be no one single meaning of life
Instead of ‘What are 3 things you wish you could have?’, what are the 3 things you most wish you could KEEP? (& the first two responses to it)Instead of ‘What are 3 things you wish you could have?’, what are the 3 things you most wish you could KEEP? (& the first two responses to it)
This is a diamond of a video by Tim Urban from Wait But Why, who travelled to Iraq, Nigeria, Russia, Japan and Greenland and asked people there: If you had a
The Philosophy of: Fyodor Dostoyevsky ‘The Idiot’ – Are you able to see things clearly before your death sentence?The Philosophy of: Fyodor Dostoyevsky ‘The Idiot’ – Are you able to see things clearly before your death sentence?
We all have a death sentence, we’re all dying. But that isn’t a reason to despair or be bummed out, in fact it’s the opposite. We all have the same
Is the past just as real as the unknown future? – On Now.Is the past just as real as the unknown future? – On Now.
If you don’t remember the 13.7 billion years that went by before you existed, then the trillions and trillions and trillions of years that come after will pass by in
Okay, so maybe we live and then we die, and there’s nothing we can do about it, but it’s all the more reason to enjoy it – The (Optimistically Nihilistic) Philosophy of: Albert Camus [pt.3]Okay, so maybe we live and then we die, and there’s nothing we can do about it, but it’s all the more reason to enjoy it – The (Optimistically Nihilistic) Philosophy of: Albert Camus [pt.3]
What do you think is the point of life and the universe? There’s a range of Existential approaches to the question, that range from guys like Schoppenhauer who said that
You’re a Lucky Man (or woman) – The philosophy of: The Verve (and Albert Camus’ Meursault in The Outsider)You’re a Lucky Man (or woman) – The philosophy of: The Verve (and Albert Camus’ Meursault in The Outsider)
Surely, surely we must see that? Every man was privileged; there was only one class of men, the privileged class. – Meursault in Albert Camus’ The Outsider You are one
The Philosophy of: Sisyphus from Camus’ The Myth of Sisyphus (and what ice fishing’s got to do with it)The Philosophy of: Sisyphus from Camus’ The Myth of Sisyphus (and what ice fishing’s got to do with it)
This is Izzy from The Last Kiss, and in this scene from the movie, his mate tries to guilt him into coming with on a massive trip by judging the
The Philosophy of: Albert Camus (pt.2) – Camus on SportsThe Philosophy of: Albert Camus (pt.2) – Camus on Sports
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
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
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