The authors here completely fail at acknowledging the is/ought problem from David Hume:
"Reason is, and ought only to be the slaves of the passions" (A Treatise of Human Nature, 1739)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/opinion/organ-donors-death-definition.html
Freedom is not an end goal. It's the impetus needed to do what you love.
I've been gradually getting the sense that Nostr provides the space in our modern day for perhaps the highest 'creativity/ego' ratio I've seen.
We live close to my parents, and they buy toys they keep in their house. We definitely create a massacre there as well. Thankfully, my parents enjoy it and take pleasure in cleaning up afterwards.
Yeah. I definitely worry that in 20 years when our house is squeaky clean, I'll miss this.
Haha. I hear you. It's a familiar room for kids who love and are loved...
A beautiful and authentic response about success from the highest ranked golfer in the world.
#authenticity #success
Less than 24 hours after a deep clean…
This is what our family room looks like again.
If you have kids under 5, you already know: mess is inevitable. Toys everywhere. Chaos on repeat. But I’ve started to see it differently.
A messy house used to feel like an inevitable lost battle. Now, I’m learning it’s a sign of something else—something good.
This isn’t just a living room. It’s a lab. A workshop. Ultimately, we as parents build a home not only as a save haven, but as a creative hub for our kids to explore. We create the environment for them to use their agency to imagine, play, experiment, innovate and create.
Whenever I clean up my office or desk, I feel clarity of mind to think, write, experiment with ideas and just do more. In the same way, I think when our kids see a clean house, they have increased inspiration to get the toys, papers, and crayons out again and do more with their creativity. The mess comes quickly—but so does the magic.
I'm starting to think less of cleaning our house as a never-ending chore, but an opportunity to 'clean up the lab'. It's an opportunity each day for our kids to see an environment that is both safe and bountiful; to test their boundaries and see where their mind can take them. We’re not just cleaning a house. We’re preparing the stage for discovery.
#parenting #creativity #philosophy #sovereignty
Hey nostr:nprofile1qqsgt49gg9xa23sk2j7622mwvluxff6jjawu6ucp59g0qenclkj2j6qprpmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ycmw9e3k7mf0qyw8wumn8ghj76nfdenkcefwvdshymr0wvkkxerz9e6x7up0qy2hwumn8ghj7cmpwfkx7uedvdjxytn5dacz7kcm2wf would it be okay if I bring your philosophy content to Alexandria? They make great entry points to exploring more broadly!
Here are two examples of what it could look like:
Just regular text:
https://alexandria.gitcitadel.eu/publication?d=why-chronic-disease-is-exploding
Pairing text with images
https://next-alexandria.gitcitadel.eu/publication?d=nostr-apps-101
Hey nostr:nprofile1qqsdcnxssmxheed3sv4d7n7azggj3xyq6tr799dukrngfsq6emnhcpspz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezumrpdejz7qghwaehxw309aex2mrp0yhxummnw3ezucnpdejz7jhewd4 That would be awesome. I really look forward to working with you and your team on all this!
My latest video:
In a world where our desires are fundamentally mimetic, how do we find authenticity?
#authenticity #philosophy #desires #mimesis #motivation
I first watched 'How to Train Your Dragon' in my 30's and I'm not afraid to say that this kids movie remains one of favorite movies. l've always felt a bit embarrassed to claim a kids movie as one of my favorite, but I think this film analysis hits a home run in describing why I, and perhaps others, find this movie so resonating.
#carljung #jung #shadow #philosophy
Desires II: The Mimetic Trap
Satoshi Nakamoto is the 'Gray Champion' of our Fourth Turning.
My latest video on desires and Rene Girard's Mimetic Theory of Desire. Enjoy!
"Desires are discerned, not decided. Discernment exists in the liminal space between what's now and what's next" -Luke Burgis
Amazing interview here with Naval Ravikant. You might find gems here that resonate with you.
My latest video on the fallacies of induction. Enjoy!
#philosophy #logic #induction #fallacies #argument #bias
My third video on logical fallacies, with a focus in appeals that are made to override reason.
#philosophy #reason #fallacies #argument
My second video on logical fallacies where the argument is distorted.
#philosophy #logic #reasoning #fallacies #argument #strawman
Taking advice from people outside my profession. If you only listen to the advice of the same people going down the same road, doing the same thing, then you're not setting yourself up to authentically create and innovate.