Philosophy
Brian Sholis and
Philosophy
The Good Luck of Your Bad Luck: Marcus Aurelius on the Stoic Strategy for Weathering Life’s Waves and Turning Suffering into Strength
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Einstein’s Dreams: Physicist Alan Lightman’s Poetic Exploration of Time and the Antidote to the Anxiety of Aliveness – The Marginalian
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Philosophy is just a bi-product of misunderstanding language.
The more I think about it, the more I think this is why so many of us, myself included, are attracted to data-based optimization. We’re painfully aware that we are vulnerable, fallible creatures. Our shame about that is reflected in Western religious traditions: The Bible tells us that upon first creating the world, God “saw that it was good,” but... See more
You can’t optimize your way to being a good person
Joanna Macy and Anita Barrows — ‘What a world you’ve got inside you.’ | The On Being Project
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Structure and Legitimation in Capitalism: Law, Power, and Justice in Market Society
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