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
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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
The Philosophy of: Ludwig Wittgenstein – The games of language (pay attention to which one others are playing)The Philosophy of: Ludwig Wittgenstein – The games of language (pay attention to which one others are playing)
Communication (at least verbal) is incredibly ineffective. For example, when one person says ‘I love you’ it might mean ‘You are the person I enjoy being with’ but if the other
The Philosophy of: My mate Matt – Honesty doesn’t lead to solutions. Honesty IS the solution.The Philosophy of: My mate Matt – Honesty doesn’t lead to solutions. Honesty IS the solution.
Say you have to choose between living the life you want, and compromising the things that you value most, just to alleviate your fear of regretting things in the future,
The Philosophy of: Falcão & The Octopods in The Arrival – Many become One. (Another student of mine inspires me)The Philosophy of: Falcão & The Octopods in The Arrival – Many become One. (Another student of mine inspires me)
What do we actually need? Well, this song, and specifically Soja, have an idea of what… And thanks to one of my students, Marcela who translated Falcão’s verse so beautifully and
Hypothetical: If you could choose between dying peacefully (and unaware) during your sleep, or die FULLY AWARE, but have ONE SECOND after your heart stops (and before your brain shuts down) where you could see the universe’s entire past and future and understand every single thing in the universe ever (alas Lucy in yep ‘Lucy’), which would you choose? & The Philosophy of: Lucy [pt.4]Hypothetical: If you could choose between dying peacefully (and unaware) during your sleep, or die FULLY AWARE, but have ONE SECOND after your heart stops (and before your brain shuts down) where you could see the universe’s entire past and future and understand every single thing in the universe ever (alas Lucy in yep ‘Lucy’), which would you choose? & The Philosophy of: Lucy [pt.4]
There’s one thing, just one, that is impossible to ever know about. One thing that no one can ever experience and tell us about, for us to know, for a
‘Holy flying fuck, that thing took off.’ – The Philosophy of SpaceX & Elon Musk [SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy taking off, and its outer cores landing, is god damn incredible and could give you goosebumps (and why)‘Holy flying fuck, that thing took off.’ – The Philosophy of SpaceX & Elon Musk [SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy taking off, and its outer cores landing, is god damn incredible and could give you goosebumps (and why)
Why are things like seeing panoramic views of cities (say, from the top of skyscrapers or the Eiffel Tower for example) so appealing and so captivating? It’s possible that it’s
The Stoicism of: Tom Brady & Bill Belichick – The past is no indicator of present or future success. Do your job. This job right now.The Stoicism of: Tom Brady & Bill Belichick – The past is no indicator of present or future success. Do your job. This job right now.
The NFL regular season has only 16 games (compared to 82 in the NBA, same in the NHL and 162 in hockey, for comparison). Also, only 12 out of the
The Philosophy of: Tim Minchin (& Example) – A life of learning, teaching and helping is a complete one (and the life of a playful kid)The Philosophy of: Tim Minchin (& Example) – A life of learning, teaching and helping is a complete one (and the life of a playful kid)
Take a leaf out of Peter Pan’s manual… – From Example – 10 Million People Professional sportspeople have it nice. They get to live the life of a kid into
‘The Weather Outside is weather’ – On the Weather [The philosophy of: Kunu from Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Example, Snufkin, Illy and I guess mine]‘The Weather Outside is weather’ – On the Weather [The philosophy of: Kunu from Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Example, Snufkin, Illy and I guess mine]
The weather outside is weather. This could be your last day on earth. So you can either lament something that WAY out of your control (the weather) or do whatever
The philosophy of: Optimistic nihilism (and Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell)The philosophy of: Optimistic nihilism (and Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell)
So nothing matters, and time only goes in one way, and we only live for one blink, and you are just a collection of atoms (or more accurately particles), everything
The things we most avoid doing are the things that we should. Now. (& The Stoicism of: Tim Ferriss & Former champion weightlifter Jerzy Gregorek)The things we most avoid doing are the things that we should. Now. (& The Stoicism of: Tim Ferriss & Former champion weightlifter Jerzy Gregorek)
That thing you’re avoiding doing, that conversation you’re avoiding having, that decision you’re afraid to make… do it. Now. Before you do it, you are chained to fear of it,
The Philosophy of: NibblesThe Philosophy of: Nibbles
A few years ago, my brother’s dog Nibbles went deaf. And she had weak hips for years. But still, she couldn’t give a shit. Even when she struggled to jump
The Philosophy of: Socrates and The Mighty Boosh’s Vince Noir – Question everything. Even what the black bits in bananas are.The Philosophy of: Socrates and The Mighty Boosh’s Vince Noir – Question everything. Even what the black bits in bananas are.
This is Vince Noir from The Mighty Boosh. The greatest TV character in television history of TV (television vision)? I say yes please. And just Socrates used to do (which
What are you attached to? If you remove it from your life, can you handle it? + The Philosophy of: Socrates (on indifference)What are you attached to? If you remove it from your life, can you handle it? + The Philosophy of: Socrates (on indifference)
Is it possible to not get attached to anything? Because nothing is actually yours. Your house, your car, your lifestyle, your marriage, your dog, your possessions, they’re not yours. They can
Everything you do, do it for a reason – The Philosophy of: Miyamoto Musashi [pt.1]Everything you do, do it for a reason – The Philosophy of: Miyamoto Musashi [pt.1]
Do Nothing, which is of no use. – Miyamoto Musashi Scrolling through your Instagram news feed for 35 minutes ‘just because, you know’, or just opening Snapchat for a couple minutes because
The Stoicism(?) of Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll – Did the Seattle coach just undermine his own belief in his players (and/or in himself)? [+ The -for reals- Stoicism of: LA Chargers Quarterback Philip Rivers]The Stoicism(?) of Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll – Did the Seattle coach just undermine his own belief in his players (and/or in himself)? [+ The -for reals- Stoicism of: LA Chargers Quarterback Philip Rivers]
Seattle head coach Pete Carroll is one of the most recognisable Stoics in the world (at least in the world of sports). And today, the Seattle Seahawks needed to win to
On knowing nothing – The philosophy of: Bill S. Preston esquire and Ted Theodore LoganOn knowing nothing – The philosophy of: Bill S. Preston esquire and Ted Theodore Logan
The only true wisdom consists of knowing that you know nothing. But actually does it? Or was Socrates taking the piss? No like for reals…?