I just finished reading this book last night and it is a great read! Taking examples from philosophers from the past like Plato, Socrates, and Thoreau the author shows how they dealt with the new technologies of their time and the busyness it created. I was looking for some insight on how to better manage the screens in my life since I am surrounded by them in my work and pulled by their never ending tug in my personal life as well. The main idea is that for the most part we can control how and when we choose to use technology in our lives and he gives great insight on the philosophies of disconnecting and going inward when we desire.

I just finished reading this book last night and it is a great read! Taking examples from philosophers from the past like Plato, Socrates, and Thoreau the author shows how they dealt with the new technologies of their time and the busyness it created. I was looking for some insight on how to better manage the screens in my life since I am surrounded by them in my work and pulled by their never ending tug in my personal life as well. The main idea is that for the most part we can control how and when we choose to use technology in our lives and he gives great insight on the philosophies of disconnecting and going inward when we desire.

Henry David Thoreau’s simple and elegant book Walden was one of the earliest American writings about the glories of simple living and appreciating the natural beauty around us.

Thoreau has long been an inspiration to many minimalists, but what exactly can we and should we learn from his life and writings?…

life is messy

I am learning or maybe more like accepting that life is messy - actually life is really messy and here we are most days trying to keep it within the lines that someone else created or trying to contain it all in a neat little box when it’s just….not.  Life by nature is chaos.

There are as many definitions of philosophy as there are philosophers – perhaps there are even more. After three millennia of philosophical activity and disagreement, it is unlikely that we’ll reach consensus, and I certainly don’t want to add more hot air to the volcanic cloud of unknowing. What I’d like to do in the opening column in this new venture — The Stone — is to kick things off by asking a slightly different question: what is a philosopher?…

Tags: philosophy

All I have is a voice to undo the folded lie…