The Awesomeness of Awe
January 1, 2022
A field guide to wonder and awe … More The Awesomeness of Awe
Tag: Philosophy
The Search for the Good Life
November 27, 2021
In our day to day lives, many of us are preoccupied with completing the tasks on our never-ending to-do lists. Life quickly passed us by but we rarely take the time to reflect and contemplate on the deeper questions of our existence. When asked what do we want to get out of our lives, many … More The Search for the Good Life
A Distinction That Makes a Big Difference
November 24, 2021
I heard someone years ago make an interesting distinction. She said that she ran, but was not a runner. It stuck with me once I heard it as a way I could differentiate doing something and without claiming that I was any good at it. I ride bikes but I’m not a cyclist. I plant … More A Distinction That Makes a Big Difference
Stoicism as a Way of Life
November 20, 2021
Life as a Stoic … More Stoicism as a Way of Life
The Power of Art: How Beauty Can Save the World
November 6, 2021
How beauty can save the world … More The Power of Art: How Beauty Can Save the World
Question of the Day: No. 545
November 5, 2021
Today is your last day on earth. How are you going to spend it? What are you going to say? What will you let go of? I look forward to hearing your answers. *** You can find AP2’s personal blog here at: https://clear-air-turbulence.com You can also find him on Medium at: https://anxiouspilot2.medium.com Or on Twitter at: @AnxiousPilot
The Usefulness of Play
November 3, 2021
In 2006 I went to a book reading and slide show by legendary alpine climber Ed Viesturs. He’d just published his book about summiting the world’s 14 peaks over 8,000 meters (26,264 feet) without supplemental oxygen, No Shortcuts to the Top and my friends and I had a front row seat for his show. We … More The Usefulness of Play
The Flow of Life: The Wisdom of Wu Wei
October 23, 2021
Why is it that we spend so much time and effort pursuing goals and desires that go against our natural intuitions and inclinations? Motivated by the longing for external praise and validation, we chase lofty ambitions which ultimately feel inauthentic and unnatural. This is akin to trying to swim against rather than with the flow … More The Flow of Life: The Wisdom of Wu Wei
How to Manage Uncertainty: Lessons from Philosophy
October 16, 2021
If there is anything that we seem to fear most in this world, it is uncertainty. The great unknown, the darkness that lies in the abyss. Uncertainty about how the future will unfold is the source of many of our anxieties. This is because we desperately crave certainty. We dream of secure and orderly lives … More How to Manage Uncertainty: Lessons from Philosophy
The Value of Philosophy in the Digital Age
October 8, 2021
Like many, I used to think that the subject of philosophy was dull and filled with abstract intellectual concepts that had little relevance or significance in my life. Staring aimlessly out the window in a high school philosophy seminar, I thought to myself, what can I possibly learn from these books that were written thousands … More The Value of Philosophy in the Digital Age
We become so accustomed
September 12, 2021
We become so accustomed to speeding ahead, … More We become so accustomed
Your thoughts please: What’s an example of doing the right thing gladly?
February 6, 2020
How would you illustrate what it means to do a good thing gladly and with pleasure, as distinguished from doing the same thing with reluctance, pain, and a sense of loss? … More Your thoughts please: What’s an example of doing the right thing gladly?
Your thoughts please: What are the most important personal qualities?
January 30, 2020
Obviously technical skills are important in life. But it’s other qualities that make you a good person, a good human being. Someone, in other words, who leads a good life. Does the question seem random? In fact, it’s intrinsically connected with the pursuit of humane and skillful wisdom. I’ll follow up on this question in … More Your thoughts please: What are the most important personal qualities?
Philosophy: an art of living
September 25, 2019
Provided by Cleveland Philosophic Advisor As this is my first guest post for Pointless Overthinking, it seemed appropriate to talk about philosophy as a way of living. It’s such an interesting idea, and although it differs from how one (usually) hears philosophy discussed today, I’ve noticed the idea (1) in the ancient period of Western … More Philosophy: an art of living
A series of questions
May 28, 2019
Come one, come all! Come see the spectacle that is K, the Forgotten! A sad girl who you won’t feel for as she slips from my/our minds. When one forgets, does that allow to begin anew? Perhaps when one forgets themselves… Does forgetting create an absence of the mind, or is it data overwritten? I’m … More A series of questions
Is It Dumb to Have a Smartphone?
May 10, 2019
By Troy Headrick I struggled coming up with a title for this one. I almost called it “My Love/Hate Relationship with My Smartphone.” Okay, so I own a Samsung Galaxy Note5. I know. I know. It’s certainly not the latest and coolest model. But then again, I’m not necessarily the coolest guy either. Almost nothing … More Is It Dumb to Have a Smartphone?
Rerun 003: I am vague because I am endless — Modern Mystic Mother
January 7, 2019
14 August, 2018. I am a lot of things. Mostly contradictory and complex. It is both a delight and a curse to be me. How I feel about existence really depends on a lot of things that are all temporary and transient. I have a lot of ideas and I struggle to pin down anything […] … More Rerun 003: I am vague because I am endless — Modern Mystic Mother
|| Gigantic Network of Philosophical Concepts ||
October 30, 2018
Philosophy is just like a tree, you start to understand this from whichever point, In the end you will fall to its roots. The more spicy fact is that If you start to explore it from a little concept or definition, the rest of definitions and concepts will come under that single concept. … More || Gigantic Network of Philosophical Concepts ||