How are you? Are you alive? And do you have enough food to survive in the near future, enough warmth, water and shelter (and an ability to rest)? Then you’re good. Happiness (at least in its contemporary context) is not important. What’s Eudaimonia? The ancient Greeks valued ‘eudaimonia, which was an objective type of happiness. Well that’s at least what…
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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 and what they mean to you. But nothing is decided. You may not decide the things that happen out of your control, but you do decide how you see them.…
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This is part two of an examination of Simulation theory – Here’s part 1. And to understand what the hell this is, watch this, this, or this, or read this (the latter of which started it all). —– If you play Mario Bros, this never happens: And sometimes, the designers of computer games like Grand Theft Auto have a sense of humour where…
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Can you control pain? Is it all in the mind?¹ This is the experiment I set out to run just over 4 months ago: And today, I finally I did it. A blue bottle wrapped itself around my right arm and upper abdomen, stinging me. I couldn’t get it off for about 5 seconds so the stinging continued but immediately after I…
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What’s your relationship to drinking? Do you do it to relax? Or for clarity? Or to treat yourself for doing something well, working hard or doing something physical? (This was Socrates’ approach to it.) I’ve done or do all of the above at some point. But is it possible that in the future they’ll laugh that people, once upon a…
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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 easily be removed from your life in ways you have no control over (maybe even suddenly without warning). Oh okay. So there is one thing. If you say something’s yours,…
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What do you consider ‘success’? The way that it’s treated by seemingly the majority of the world is: money, fame, recognition, financial assets or some bullshit ass cocktail of the above. But no matter how substantial your bullshit ass cocktail is, do you live a longer life than those without the cocktail like yours? No –so you know, eternal life…
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Why you gonna let someone else mess up how you feel about yourself? A huge part of American football is communication. But still Derrick Coleman not only won a scholarship to play football at UCLA, but he made it to the NFL. And he’s part of one of the main teams in contention for the Super Bowl now. He would’ve…
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Where you grew up or your birthplace or nationality is not who you are at all. Sure, there are customs that it’s advisable to adhere to where you are, but that is not your personality. Stereotypes are absolute bullshit. As is thinking you can understand something immediately about someone’s personality based on where they’re from. So instead of asking ‘Where are…
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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 ‘you know, why not’ or saying I’m bored and scrolling through your Instagram feed for 28 more minutes is a waste of time, and therefore a waste of life. There is nothing…