A Good Life
what does it mean to live a good life?
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A Good Life
My definition of “Life’s Work:”
“A lifelong quest to build something for others that expresses who you are”
-via Patrick O’Shaughnessy
Maybe “what have you done for the world” isn’t even the right question. It assumes an acting upon, separate from-ness. What if the good stuff happens less when you act upon the world and more when you become one with it? Part of it.
Alex Dobrenko • What Does Your Stupid Art Even Do for the World?
I was single for all of my 20s and half of my 30s, so Valentine’s Day will always make me think of my friends. (Just please don’t make me say ’Galentine’s Day.’) | Tag a bestie, duh.
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instagram.com“ There is no shortage of good days. It is good lives that are hard to come by. A life of good days lived in the senses is not enough. The life of sensation is the life of greed; it requires more and more. The life of the spirit requires less and less; time is ample and its passage sweet. Who would call a day spent reading a good day? But a life... See more
Avoiding Problems
Not long ago, young people were told: “Learn to code.” That’s not working so well now. The first wave of AI is destroying the workaday tech jobs—perhaps there’s some karma in that.
But it also makes sense. When Dr. Frankenstein makes the monster, he’s usually the first victim.
So forget coding, and develop the real skills that we need now—and they... See more
But it also makes sense. When Dr. Frankenstein makes the monster, he’s usually the first victim.
So forget coding, and develop the real skills that we need now—and they... See more
The Keatsian endeavor has never been popular, but is particularly unfashionable today. Religious fundamentalists reject it on the grounds that revelation and commitment are needed to orient oneself in the world. The amorality of a poet who is a “thoroughfare for all thoughts” risks heresy or destabilization. Tell me where you stand, where your... See more
Zohar Atkins • The Liberal Arts Are Dying Because Liberalism is Dying
surrendering is not a passive act, but the willingness to be changed; to accept and do the work, and then to leave a space where life moves through you.