Fly low and soar high I was meditating yesterday, and a thought came to me unbidden, as they are inclined to do. When this happens, if it is something new and worthwhile, the trick is to capture it, write it out, and share it. I am invariably confident I’ll remember the notion until I finish […]
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Would you please take this seriously? Always remember Every large company has a golden period in which it contributes something new valued by human society. It grows on the back of this but reaches a plateau. Then it is forced to coast along while desperately trying to restore the days of glorious double-digit growth. It
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Or the happiness of exploring new subjects I’ve had this issue for so long of being genuinely happy intellectually only when I am delving into a new subject. My dear wife claims it is because of the competitiveness that makes me want to know more than everyone else. There could be some truth in that, but
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It’s done! The book is finished. In the epilogue below, I bid adieu and thank the readers of the twenty-nine chapters serialised online over the last eight months. They will remain available, and I hope to publish the physical edition of the ‘Philosophy of Life Instinct’ soon.
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The last chapter of The Philosophy of Life Instinct sums up its metaphysics and philosophy on one page. It is a ready-reckoner to guide our thinking, behaviour and decisions.
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As we reach the denouement of the book, we look at the most important question (and the prime motive for the development of the philosophy)—How should we live? The penultimate chapter, #28, of ‘The Philosophy of Life Instinct’ provides its concise answer.
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Wouldn’t you like to get into a time machine and visit the future? We have such a device—our mind. Chapter 27 of ‘The Philosophy of Life Instinct’ takes a trip 3 million years into the future. Climb in!
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I know I want to live and that I need others. Yet I make many mistakes that hurt me and my people. All of us have this problem. Why does our Life Instinct let us down so often? Chapter 26 of the ‘Philosophy fo Life Instinct’ looks into this paradox.
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What we should do and not do in the world seems obvious, but we don’t always get it right, and sometimes it’s unclear. Chapter 24 of ‘The Philosophy of Life Instinct’ explores frameworks for ethical behaviour within humanity and with the rest of nature.
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How do we decide what is right and wrong? It’s not easy, but is our most worthwhile quest. Chapter 23 of ‘The Philosophy of Life Instinct’ is on Morality. I hope it provides us with the answers.
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