"A really uncompressed person, usually a hiker, a ski bum, a Buddhist monk, you know, the world is totally open to them." ~@willschoder

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People whose primary vibe is "I and my tribe are domain-expertise-endowed professionals, the people I criticize and mock are amateurs, and you should shut up" are really really uncool, and people should recognize the pattern and immediately unfollow anyone who exhibits it.

Does this make happiness the ultimate good? No. But the argument here is that people make a big mistake when they discount happiness because it isn't the ultimate good. A good definition of happiness is very eudaimonic as well.

There is a definition of happiness that 1) makes sense, 2) escapes the hedonic adaptation problem, 3) isn't childlike or naive, and 4) is practical & deeply connected to things you care about. It is in this video.

The primary philosophical objections to happiness come down to bad definitions. Once you fix the definition, the "excellence only" people join too: https://t.co/C76xygdSDj

There’s this idea that you can either be an equanimous pushover or have a backbone, but equanimity is the backbone

Haven’t seen the first one? Do ya self a favor: https://t.co/eflRDKeoSi

And yes this tweet marks my coming back to making videos/the series.

For those of us who know the possibility of a “real mother” category and have experienced it, this thought experiment couldn’t be more poignant.

Get the chills every time I read it

My favorite thought experiment in philosophy (that I’ve read). From Dan Haybron’s The Pursuit of Unhappiness:

https://t.co/wgEJUHrR10

this emotion encyclopedia is genius

New video essay channel everyone should check out-- It's called Frame Problems (@JakeOrthwein), core philosophy here: https://t.co/EhFWt0vH2u First vid here (knocked it out of the park!): https://t.co/ac4R8olNPn

“I want you to come and see me.” “But I can see you!” she exclaimed. “What more do you want?” “I want to see you not through the machine,” said Kuno. “I want to speak to you not through the wearisome Machine.” E.M. Forster, “The Machine Stops” (1909)

That’s just one example. Seen this process repeat over and over again, and it always results in missed opportunities.

Always be curious. I had a friend in college who was a Bitcoin fanatic, and he was laughed at the whole way through. Pretty sure no one even read about it, and just dismissed it for its name.

*gasps final breath* "I wish...I wish I had spent more time on Twitter."

Spanish subtitles now available for Chapter 1 of the series. Many thanks to @machado_marcial for his dedication and hard work on a very challenging translation. https://t.co/4VmgYvz6se