Opinion | Timeless Wisdom for Leading a Life of Love, Friendship and Learning (Published 2021)
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Opinion | Timeless Wisdom for Leading a Life of Love, Friendship and Learning (Published 2021)
When you care about something in this way, it is not just a means that you exploit for your own sake. Its flourishing makes you happy. And so the sources of happiness, though also of vulnerability, grow. That is Mill’s idea. I think it is a pretty good one. Call it the first rule for preventing a midlife crisis: you have to care about something oth
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.. It's the artists of the world, the feelers and the thinkers, who will ultimately save us, who can articulate, educate, defy, insist, sing and shout the big dreams. Only the artists can turn the "Not-Yet" into reality. All right, how do you do it? L... See more
.. It's the artists of the world, the feelers and the thinkers, who will ultimately save us, who can articulate, educate, defy, insist, sing and shout the big dreams. Only the artists can turn the "Not-Yet" into reality. All right, how do you do it? L... See more