our modern obsession with freedom
The sacred word ‘freedom’ turns out to be, just like ‘soul’, an empty term that carries no discernible meaning.
Yuval Noah Harari • Homo Deus
Man is not only free, man is freedom. That is his essential core, that’s his very soul. The moment you deny freedom to man you have denied him his most precious treasure, his very kingdom. Then he is a beggar, and in a far more ugly situation than other animals because at least they have a certain program. Then man is simply lost.
Osho • Love, Freedom, and Aloneness: On Relationships, Sex, Meditation, and Silence
as long as our freedom is dependent upon stuff we can’t really control, then it’s not really freedom, is it?
Tripp Lanier • This Book Will Make You Dangerous: The Irreverent Guide For Men Who Refuse to Settle
Freedom is the power to choose our own chains. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Richard Meadows • Optionality: How to Survive and Thrive in a Volatile World
Political freedom is great. But personal, social, and emotional freedom—when it becomes an ultimate end—absolutely sucks. It leads to a random, busy life with no discernible direction, no firm foundation, and in which, as Marx put it, all that’s solid melts to air. It turns out that freedom isn’t an ocean you want to spend your life in. Freedom is
... See moreDavid Brooks • The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life
personal, social, and emotional freedom—when it becomes an ultimate end—absolutely sucks. It leads to a random, busy life with no discernible direction, no firm foundation, and in which, as Marx put it, all that’s solid melts to air. It turns out that freedom isn’t an ocean you want to spend your life in. Freedom is a river you want to get across s... See more