Philosophy Wire: Against Ego…

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-09-13]: “I should fight to get away. The person who kept me away from happiness was ME”, says Keanu Reeves. How much misery because of our effort to “be someone”. Because of our effort to “do something”. How much effort to do things a sparrow would never care about…

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Philosophy Wire: Record. New records. Inactivity.

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2014-12-05]: Google VP Alan Eustace leaped from stratosphere, beating the Felix Baumgartner's record for free-fall jump. [1] Records are set. Records are broken. So? The "do something" mania of modern civilization has led to ridiculous chains of events. Do another record. Or just sit in your house. Do nothing. Try to actually do nothing. And you will realize that this is more amazing than a 25-mile jump...

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