I finally finished reading Epictetus’ Discourses, which I highly recommend, despite major criticisms I have with it. Since I rarely see criticisms of Stoicism in personal development blogs, I’ll go through them here before I get around to writing about the good points (which you Read More …
I nearly skipped 2.1 of Epectitus’ Discources since it’s obvious to me that you can be confident about some action while still being cautious with it. But then I realized this section goes much deeper: Be confident with what you cannot control… and cautious with Read More …
One person is not master of another, but it is rather life and death, pleasure and pain, that are his masters. Bring Ceaser to me without those, and you will see how calm I am; but when he arrives with all of that, to the Read More …
I’m starting this blog with the intention to develop my critical thinking skills, promote good ideas I find, and mull over new ones I have. I just discovered this paper featured from LessWrong, and wow I wish I knew about this before. https://nickbostrom.com/information-hazards.pdf It explains Read More …
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