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Five Problems With Stoicism

Posted onJanuary 28, 2021January 28, 2021Leave a comment

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 …

Caution and Confidence

Posted onNovember 9, 2020November 10, 2020Leave a comment

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 …

Bathing in fear

Posted onNovember 7, 2020November 7, 2020Leave a comment

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 …

Information Hazards

Posted onNovember 5, 2020November 5, 2020Leave a comment

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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Posted onOctober 19, 2020Leave a comment

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