“Children don’t see the world, don’t observe the world, don’t contemplate the world, but are so deeply immersed in the world that they don’t distinguish between it and their own selves.” - Karl Ove Knausgaard, Autumn
For the most people in human history hard work was what kept their children alive and fed, and I can hardly think of anything more meaningful than that. How much of the existential dread is because all this hard work never really pays for anything except mindless consumption?
Alain de Botton has written ~17 books and runs the School of Life YouTube channel, which now has almost 10 million subscribers. And this is a rare interview for him.
Some highlights:
1. A clear night sky is a challenge to everything we think we know.
2. If we r... See more