“The Philosophy of Liberty” Video
I ran into this other day.
Allegedly, you’ll understand Liberty in 8 minutes.
While I don’t agree 100% with everything the video presents it’s a good introduction to the basics of the philosophy of liberty and worth watching.
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The roll of time
The sheer magnitude of time, as it ticks by relentlessly, is quite, well, to be exact, terrifying when faced in its nakedness.
I often notice, when I’m not busy, that in order to avoid the stark fear that comes with facing the moment as it is we, or at least I, resort to a variety of tricks to “fill the time.” I might eat something when I’m not hungry, work out, read, get on the internet (for the umpteenth time) to no apparent purpose. Read more
The meaning of it all
One night I went to a coffee shop, sat outside, and started to write. A sudden thought jolted me: what is the point of this? By this I refer to me going to this coffee shop on a Monday evening and writing; in a larger what is the meaning of life type of way. Then realized very clearly that there was indeed a purpose or meaning to the particular act of me coming to this coffee shop and writing on this particular night: at some point prior to taking the action I had decided I wanted to go to a place I enjoy and write for a while.
Yes, a bit of a tautology, but nevertheless true: when you write, the point to the act of writing is very clear. You want to put pen to paper at that particular moment. Same holds true for any, actually, every single action we take each and every day if viewed in context: picking up the coffee cup and taking a drink has a very definite purpose or meaning: to drink the coffee. Not glamorous but factual nonetheless: action implies meaning or purpose, as if the meaning is contained within the act itself. Every single action is meaningful and with purpose if viewed in isolation, as a particular act at a particular moment. Pick any action you take, have taken, or will take and you will realize there is a point to that particular action in-itself at a given moment in time. Read more