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How Covid-19 Gives Us All the Chance to Accept Impermanence

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In the space of a few short weeks, the Covid-19 outbreak has flipped our way of life on its head. An unfeeling, unconscious, and invisible pathogen has ruthlessly undermined the large-scale human cooperative effort that we call modern globalized society. Countries closed their borders, airplanes stopped flying, bars and restaurants shut, and millions of people …

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This Eerie Bangkok Monument is a Stark Reminder of Past Epidemics

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As you ascend the 300 steps of Bangkok’s Wat Saket — The Temple of the Golden Mount — you’re rewarded with stunning views of the city’s sprawling skyline. They are views that only get better the higher you climb. At the top, as the sweat drips from your forehead in Bangkok’s shirt-drenching humidity and searing …

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6 of The Best Buddhism Books Everyone Should Read

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Best Buddhism Books Buddhism is not only a religion. Buddhism is a philosophy; a way of approaching life and dealing with its ups and downs.  The beauty of Buddhism is in its universality. You don’t need to be a practicing Buddhist to get something of value from it. I’ve decided to write this blog post …

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Should You Drink Alcohol? Here’s What Philosophers and Science Say

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The Irish Cultural Love of Booze As an Irish person, it is almost a cultural more to consume a lot of alcohol in my country. When young Irish people drink on the weekend, we generally don’t do it with the sole aim of enjoying our drinks. Without wanting to speak for the few who are …

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The Holiday Paradox, Time Flying, and Altering Your Perception of Time

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My watch has been out of action for the last few days because the battery is gone. When I glanced at the little time and date section on the corner of my Windows 10 taskbar today, I was startled. It’s September 2nd apparently. My mind’s perception of time and how far it feels into this …

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Do Babies Have Innate Knowledge? Exploring Human Nature

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[DISPLAY_ULTIMATE_SOCIAL_ICONS] Do Babies Know Anything? Having recently become a father for the first time, certain questions about human nature hit me that for some reason I had never contemplated in my daily life. One of those questions was related to life’s absurdity, which I wrote about in another post. Seeing my daughter absolutely captivated by …

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Finding Meaning From Life’s Absurdity

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The Absurd Condition of Human Existence According to Albert Camus, the French author who popularized the philosophy of absurdity, the fundamental question in life is whether man should commit suicide or not. In his famous essay, The Myth of Sisyphus, Camus describes absurdism as the contradiction and disharmony between man’s constant search for meaning and …

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