The great and the good-enough

Philosophy is often thought of as proceeding via elaborate conceptual systems. But sometimes, a choice phrase is all you need to get you thinking. 

When philosophy turns its attention to music, it’s traditionally an exercise in high culture. Questions about the nature and function of music are often explored with reference to an established canon of “serious” music – while pop finds itself relegated to the margins. This week ...  عرض المزيد

Today’s book is: The Good-Enough Life (Princeton UP, 2022) by Avram Alpert. We live in a world oriented toward greatness, one in which we feel compelled to be among the wealthiest, most powerful, and most famous. This book explains why no one truly benefits from this competitive ...  عرض المزيد

In today's episode we look at how society has been built around the idea of success. We are all chasing an ideal version of life based on what society dictates success to look like. The feelings that we end up feeling about ourselves and the journey we're on end up being affected ...  عرض المزيد

Do you feel pressured to fall into a lucrative career? The need to dream big and reach greater heights than everyone else in your family? The constant pressure to do more and be better. In this episode, we talk about the annoying stress of feeling like we're not doing enough. The ...  عرض المزيد

a lot of people have cheated their way to the top in this world. people have fucked over others, or lied to get ahead, and for what? fame they didn’t know what to do with? power but with a terrible conscious? and we’ve all been tempted to do it, me included. but i think there’s s ...  عرض المزيد