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Benthem- pleasure and pain dictate everything we do
Biochemical pursuit of happiness- develop products and treatments for unending stream of pleasant sensations
Buddha- pursuit of pleasant sensations is the root of suffering. We can train our minds to observe all sensations as they arise and pass. When the mind can see our se... See more
Sam Harris | #338 - The Sin of Moral Equivalence
samharris.orgThe best parts of Tolle were largely unattributed Buddhism.
Dan Harris • 10% Happier
As we will see, this distinction can be preserved—and with it, our most important moral and legal concerns—while banishing the idea of free will once and for all.
Sam Harris • Free Will
Sloww Sunday: Babies, Metacognition, Developmental Deaths, & More
“What’s true? What’s false? In case you haven’t noticed, the world has pretty much given up on the old Enlightenment idea of piecing together the truth based on observed data. Reality is too complicated and scary for that. Instead, it’s way easier to ignore all data that doesn’t fit your preconceptions and believe all data that does. I believe what
... See moreNathan Hill • The Nix: A novel
Turns out Chalmers went on to become a leading disrupter in consciousness research.
Sarah Wilson • first, we make the beast beautiful: A New Story About Anxiety
As Charles Taylor puts it, in modernity we remade the human person into a “buffered self,” protected and autonomous and independent, free to determine our own good and pursue our own “authentic” path.
James K. A. Smith • On the Road with Saint Augustine: A Real-World Spirituality for Restless Hearts
How then should one explain the universal presence of religion, supposedly so useless, right at the heart of all human institutions? When this question is asked in a rationalist context, there is only one really logical response, that of Voltaire: religion is defined as a parasite that attaches itself from outside to useful institutions. “Deceitful
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