WHY I AM NOT A STOIC The Problem and the Alternative WATCH THE VIDEO: https://youtu.be/f570KfmLYy8Stoicism is a modern phenomenon. With thousands of books on the ancient Greek philosophy being published…
Dukkha and the Art of Non-Attachment The Greatest Insight of Buddhism WATCH THE VIDEO: https://youtu.be/qP6ElJ4_U3gThe core teachings of Buddhism boil down to Four Noble Truths, which are commonly translated as…
OMNIVERSING The Hidden Habit of Buddhist and Stoic Sages WATCH THE VIDEO: https://youtu.be/h8OA8WYaWJQI recently took a trip to Patagonia at the southern tip of Chile, and let me tell you,…
PSYCHOTECHNOLOGY HOW TO BECOME A COLLECTOR OF CODIFIED WISDOM WATCH THE VIDEO: https://youtu.be/6rpJzXdIx18?si=-rWh9mqXed4KmyYrI have been speaking vaguely about "psychotechnologies" for years now. And since the start of this year, I…
Existential Optimism A TOUR OF NIHILISM, EXISTENTIALISM, AND ABSURDISM WATCH THE VIDEO: https://youtu.be/EwNMFYQ5fJ4?si=ujHQGZ0fpjWzIOYiWe begin with a realization: There is no external authority on what is true, good, or worth pursuing…
How to Go Beyond Good and Evil (and Why You Should) Nietzsche on the Mistakes of Morality WATCH THE VIDEO: https://youtu.be/5W2ZpEu-zv8Friedrich Nietzsche is known for a view on morality that…
The Magic of Abraham Maslow SELF-ACTUALIZATION AND THE HIERARCHY OF NEEDS WATCH THE VIDEO: https://youtu.be/tGjIaWK5DwA?si=rlogrURWcjeMeFviWhenever people ask me about my favorite obscure authors, I always list the work of Abraham…
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) AND WHY EVERYONE NEEDS IT WATCH THE VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b4LKAzOUJcYou may have heard of the therapeutic practice known as CBT, or cognitive behavioral therapy. But the word…
Amor Fati How to Embrace Reality, from Epictetus to Nietzsche Most people are at their best when their life is going according to plan. But life seems to have very…
LEARNING TO SEE IN THE THIRD DIMENSION OF HAPPINESS THE OVERVIEW AND THE CIRCUMSCAPE DIMENSIONS OF HAPPINESS This is the first dimension of happiness: It’s a simple scale running from…