My purpose is to promote greater understanding of the nature of human flourishing as a self-directed activity, in which individuals accept responsibility for managing their own lives and seek opportunities to obtain mutual benefits from voluntary interactions with others.
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My purpose is to promote greater understanding of the nature of human flourishing as a self-directed activity, in which individuals accept responsibility for managing their own lives and seek opportunities to obtain mutual benefits from voluntary interactions with others.
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8/12/2021
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Recent Episodes
March 16, 2023
Tim Gallwey: my "Inner Game" guru
Tim Gallwey established his reputation as a pioneer of sports psychology with The Inner Game of Tennis, which was published in 1975. After that, he demonstrated in other books how greater success in any activity is possible with some mastery of the "inner game". My objective in preparing this podcast is to make more people aware of Tim Gallwey's "inner game" approach to living. In the podcast, I discuss how Tim discovered the "inner game", and how I came to regard him as my guru,...
March 13, 2022
A Stoic's view of the pandemic
In this episode I interview Leah Goldrick, a person who endeavors to apply Stoic philosophy in her daily life. Leah was recently an editor of a book of readings entitled, Stoicism Today. I met Leah through her blog, Common Sense Ethics which discusses ancient Stoic philosophy and a range of ethical issues that are relevant to life in the modern world. We begin by discussing the relationship of Stoic philosophy to the meaning of stoicism in common usage, what Leah sees as the unifying ...
March 7, 2022
How can we be more open-minded in a world of echo chambers?
Like just about everyone else in the world, I feel comforted by information that echoes and reinforces my existing beliefs. However, I think it would be good to be more open-minded about some issues. In this episode I discuss the problem that echo chambers pose for modern societies, and approaches that individuals can adopt to become more open-minded. Books referred to in the episode are: Brian Caplan, "The Myth of the Rational Voter", 2007. Julia Galef, "Scout Mindset", 2021. Robert ...
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