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Transhuman immortality versus non-striving as a source of bliss
In a fascinating interview with Kris Notaro at the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, Rutgers Professor Katalin Balog discusses some of the most fascinating philosophical issues related to the study of consciousness. Leaving aside the crucial Brave New World … Continue reading
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Tagged Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, Consciousness, Nothing, Transhumanism
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Is Google making us stupid, or is Google thriving on our stupidity?
I think it’s a little bit of both. Continue reading
Learning from what is not
The very last post on the Year of Nothing series, or the yearlong process during which I became a Taoist without noticing. Continue reading
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Tagged Action, Contentment, Giving, Humility, Luck, Meaning, Meditation, Nothing, Patience, Personal development, Synchronicity, Tao Te Ching, Taoism, Wayne Dyer, wu-wei
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Amy Tan on creativity
Novelist Amy Tan’s insights on creativity are perhaps very much applicable beyond artistic work. My Year of Nothing allowed me to open up to a worldview similar to hers in many ways. Continue reading
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Tagged Creativity, Nothing, Personal development, Synchronocity, Writing
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When synchronicity works better than Google (or The Year of Nothing, Part 4)
The most important lessons I learned during this Year of Nothing came through chains of haphazard, apparently disconnected events and circumstances. Continue reading
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Tagged Carl Jung, Communicatrix, Nothing, Synchronocity, Tao Te Ching, Vagabonding, Wayne Dyer
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How to become less judgmental in 5 minutes or less (The Year of Nothing, Part 3)
During this Year of Nothing I became more aware of my mind’s natural tendency towards judgmentalism. And I learned a 5-minute exercise to counter that tendency. Continue reading
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Tagged Jonathan Haidt, Judgmentalism, Meditation, Nothing, Personal development
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The Year of Nothing, Part 2
This Year of Nothing allowed me to develop a razor-sharp sense of what I want to do next and what I want to be. Never before have I felt that I Get It as I do now. Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Entrepreneurship, Happiness, Meaning, Nothing, Personal development, Sustainability, Work, wu-wei
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The Year of Nothing, Part 1
It’s been a year since I quit the PR industry and took the plunge into an intense process of self re-discovery and growth. Through a series of posts, I’ll recap what I’ve achieved since then, and where I’m going from here. Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Furth, Consumerism, Friendship, Nothing, Personal development, Stuff, wu-wei
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