The Dionysian
Sunday, October 16, 2011
GDP and Happiness
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Our society almost universally holds the following assumption to be true: as the standard of living increases (based on objective measures),...
Monday, September 5, 2011
Value, Competition, and Purpose
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I want to make a point about value. Namely, what we value will always be some sort of combination of our intrinsic desires mixed...
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Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Fear of Failure
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A fear of failure is rarely based on the actual negative consequences that may result from failing. Similar to any ty...
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Epicureanism
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Many of life’s difficulties are contained in the seeming contradictory nature of things. To truly enjoy something, you need to “buy-in” and...
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Monday, April 4, 2011
Thoughts on the New App “Color”
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A new app called “Color” was recently released. For those of you who don’t know what Color is, here’s a rough summary of how the app works....
Passions as Virtues
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The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche spent much of his time studying Ancient Greek culture. In numerous essays, Nietzsche discussed how the ...
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Perspectivism
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Many philosophers have looked at the nature of living and argued that life is nothing but suffering and misery. These sorts of viewpoints t...
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