Life after the daily grind

Does financial success come at a social price?

How prosperity can weaken the bonds that give life meaning

Sep 10

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April 2025

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free

“Objectively, there is, after all, no free will”

Apr 30

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March 2025

The disease of more

How abstract excesses overwhelm, change and imprison us

Mar 26

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January 2025

Some of the most miserable people I know are some of the richest people in America

A quote from Chuck Norris

Jan 29

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November 2024

Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction

We need the occasional disaster, the unexpected -- some chaos in our lives -- without it, nothing changes

Nov 5, 2024

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September 2024

Is the fear of death holding you back?

Death is at the root of everything we fear and are anxious about

Sep 5, 2024

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August 2024

No purpose or place

Seeking purpose in a purposeless world

Aug 8, 2024

21

5

July 2024

Boreout at work and life

Stress, depression, and insomnia don't only come from burnout

Jul 5, 2024

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June 2024

We suffer more often in imagination than in reality

Seneca said, “We suffer more often in imagination than in reality”.

Jun 21, 2024

11

April 2024

The holiday paradox: how to slow down time

Would you rather live until 100 and feel like you've not lived long enough or 80 and feel like you've lived a long life?

Apr 23, 2024

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December 2023

Routine kills a man

I’m confident that humans aren't wired for routine.

Dec 13, 2023

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October 2023

We all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own

I was doing an excellent job of falling off my surfboard recently while practising on a sandy beach break.

Oct 30, 2023