Category: Practical Philosophy
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Two Certainties about the Experience of Life
In life, we can be certain of two things: Things will change Some of those changes will be in a direction we wouldn’t have chosen From those two certainties, you can build a whole philosophy of life. I’d maybe even go so far as to contend that the only valid philosophy of life grapples with…
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The Ultimate Question
What is this? Alternatively: What is this? Or: what is this? Maybe: what is this? Each of these variations are deep, profound, and everlasting questions. They’re relevant in literally any situation. And they’re each different in pretty clear and distinct ways. And any other questions that we might suggest as the ultimate question can pretty cogently be reasoned into…
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Detached Openness
It’s often bandied about that optimism–no, pessimism–no, optimism is the key to being happy. I don’t think either, in the way we commonly understand them, has the potential to be the answer. Both require a unique flavor of delusion to do full time, and all delusion is detrimental. “Detached openness” is a phrase I invented…