:material-thought-bubble:{ .anim-rotate } Philosophy / Morality
Personal stance#
I find myself leaning towards Stoicism quite a bit. It’s core principles are around the Dichotomy of Control , i.e. understand the things that are outside your control and those that are within, and focus on the latter.
A virtuous life - according to Stoics - is one where we live in accordance with nature and cultivate our mind and character - the only things that we really have control over.
Some good books#
I highly recommend Think Like A Stoic, by Massimo Pigliucci. I took some notes of it here .
- The Happiness Hypothesis and The Righteous Mind, by Jonathan Haidt
- The Mind’s I, by Douglas Hofstadter
- Knowledge, Reality and Value by Michael Huemer
Some good articles#
- Epictetus’s Key Insight for Taking Back Our Lives
- Peter Singer on Animals
- Outgroups
- Chomsky on Education
- Moral Foundations by Jonathan Haidt
- Paul Graham on what you can’t say - An interesting essay on how morality changes with the times, and which stances in our current generation are likely to change
- No it’s not the incentives, it’s you and Incentives are for losers - A couple of /great/ essays on how not to blame the system