Tag: the burnout society
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Day 274 of 1000: Cultivating the Excluding Instinct
Learning to exclude crowding and intrusive stimuli so as to live the vita contemplativa. Ideas from Han and Nietzsche.
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Day 273 of 1000: The Can-Do Society and Depression
Considering philosopher Byung-Chul Han’s diagnosis of the cause of depression and other mental illnesses, from The Burnout Society.
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Day 272 of 1000: The Inspiration Society
Instead of the achievement society, how about participating in the inspiration society? How The Fool Tarot card got me thinking of a different way of living.
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Day 208 of 1000: Seeking boredom in 2026
Walter Benjamin’s “dream bird” of boredom which “hatches the egg of experience.” What that means and how Byung-Chul Han reformulated the idea.
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Day 179 of 1000: writing from interest not deprivation
Writing, and creating in general, from interest curiosity not a sense of deprivation or needing to make money.
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Day 145 of 1000: Iris Murdoch on imagination vs. fantasy in love
What Iris Murdoch might say about the modern dating advice “don’t settle.” On fantasy vs imagination in love.
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Day 94 of 1000: Experiencing the Other in Relationship
Last week, I underwent a major shift in my perspective on my life. This week, I hope to make some more sense of it, with philosophical study.
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Day 93 of 1000: Finding meaning In the achievement society
Living in the achievement society of late modern life, how do you find meaning? Going beyond ambition, achievement, and affluence.