It’s interesting how the wisdom of words can remain, even when your interpretation of them changes completely. In my last post, I wrote: Perhaps we have to realise that to be happy, we have to not only want to be happy – we have to be able to accept that happiness when it comes along, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘purpose of life’
The Scary Recognition of Simple Happiness
Posted in Philosophising, tagged happiness, life, meaning, purpose of life on December 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I'm growing – GROWING damnit!
Posted in Philosophising, Reviews - Books, Movies, Events etc, tagged chaos, destiny, evolution, growth, logic, non-zero, purpose of life, robert wright on April 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
At the moment I’m reading a book called “Non-Zero: The Logic of Human Destiny”. In it, Robert Wright applies game theory (non-zero vs zero-sumness – don’t worry, the book explains it) to cultural and biological evolution to “isolate the impetus behind life’s basic direction”. In the first section, which I’m currently reading, he applies this [...]