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Maybe you’ll want to read them too, but it’s OK if you don’t.I might be a professional writer or whatever, but for many years, I have felt deep shame over the fact that I don’t read enough books. It’s not that I hate books or anything. They’re fantastic! It’s just that in this terrible modern world, being able to focus on a book isn’t…

Philosophy as a Way of Life Dec 16, 2021 9 min read[image: the “Thinker” by Rodin outside Philadelphia’s Rodin Museum, Wikimedia] Philosophy, contra popular opinion (even among some philosophers) makes progress. I have written a whole (free!) book (summarized here) about how that works. The basic idea is that philosophy, unlike science, is in the business of discovering, exploring, and refining conceptual landscapes defined by the questions in which philosophers are interested in.

Philosophy as a Way of Life Dec 16, 2021 9 min read[image: the “Thinker” by Rodin outside Philadelphia’s Rodin Museum, Wikimedia] Philosophy, contra popular opinion (even among some philosophers) makes progress. I have written a whole (free!) book (summarized here) about how that works. The basic idea is that philosophy, unlike science, is in the business of discovering, exploring, and refining conceptual landscapes defined by the questions in which philosophers are interested in.

Over the past two months, Bitcoin (BTC) has respected an ascending triangle formation, bouncing multiple times from its support and resistance lines. While this might sound like a positive, the price is still down 11% year-to-date. As a comparison, the Bloomberg Commodity Index (BCOM) gained 29% in the same period.Bitcoin/USD 1-day chart at FTX. Source: TradingView The broader commodity index benefited from price increases in crude oil, natural gas, corn, wheat and lean hogs. Meanwhile, the t...

Creation is actually good for you. Do it every day.Photo: Matthieu Spohn/Getty Images This story is behind Medium’s membership paywall, which means the writer earns through our Partner Program. To become a Medium member, click here. Addictions are usually addictions to consumption. I’m no stranger to addiction. I’ve tried pot, booze, people, sex, food, caffeine, histrionics, TV, and…

TommyD is an award-winning music producer from Britain who has worked with Kanye West, Jay Z, Adele, Beyonce, Janet Jackson, Emeli Sande and many more. He got into blockchain in 2016 and “fell in love with the tech concepts and the underlying philosophy of decentralization.” But he admitted he didn’t see the right interception of the tech and music industries at the time. It was when NFTs gained their momentum when he realized the true potential this technology could bring to artists. In 2021...

BTC price rejects near $40,000 as investors balk at an upcoming Biden administration executive order on crypto regulation. 889 Total views 5 Total sharesBitcoin price rejection at $39K and mounting regulatory concerns tank the market againVolatility and choppy price action continued to dominate the cryptocurrency market on March 7 and news that United States President Joe Biden plans to sign an executive order later this week that will outline the government's strategy for cryptocurrenci...

How the West’s political dynamics are changingDowning Street Demonstration: 24 Feb 2022 It’s Day Two of the Ukraine invasion and so far we have only maps and episodes. The 13 Ukrainian defenders of Snake Island telling a Russian naval commander to “go fuck yourself” before going heroically to their deaths. The Ukrainian aircraft shot down over Kiev. A bridge blown. Some captured Russian paratroopers claiming they…

Advice from people who achieved some pretty remarkable goals https://evepeyser.medium.com/?source=post_page-----763e1678591b----------------------------------- Eve Peyser https://evepeyser.medium.com/how-people-who-kept-their-new-years-resolutions-did-it-763e1678591b?source=post_page-----763e1678591b----------------------------------- Dec 17, 2021·7 min readPhoto by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash Time is kinda fake, but the new year nevertheless feels like a clean slate, a moment where you have t...

I would like to dismiss 2021 as a terrible, no-good, very bad year, a year to be sept away and forgotten as quickly as possible. After all, it was a year that began with the insurrection and was quickly followed by my ALS diagnosis. Dire on both the public and private fronts. Such a year can’t possibly have been anything other than bad. And yet — it was also the year that I not only had a new book published, I also sold two new books (on the same day!) to come out in 2022. More importantly, i...

Here’s my annual list of favorite books, music, and movies. Art always sustains and nourishes the soul. But for me, music and storytelling felt especially urgent during this pandemic year — a way to connect even when we were cooped up. Since these are works I have actually listened to, watched, or read, I’m sure I’ve missed some worthy stuff. So if you have your own recommendations to share, I’ll add them to the stack of books and movies I hope to catch up on over the holidays!Favorite Books ...

Here’s my annual list of favorite books, music, and movies. Art always sustains and nourishes the soul. But for me, music and storytelling felt especially urgent during this pandemic year — a way to connect even when we were cooped up. Since these are works I have actually listened to, watched, or read, I’m sure I’ve missed some worthy stuff. So if you have your own recommendations to share, I’ll add them to the stack of books and movies I hope to catch up on over the holidays!Favorite Books ...