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Alain de Botton on TED on success and failure: snobs, envy, the dangers of meritocracy (think ‘loser’), tragedy and the worship of humans instead of something transcendent – 16 min. … more →
Beyond Rivalry
Fuck For Forest: Eco-Porn and the Inhumanities
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Tim Matts wrote 3 weeks ago: Isabella Rosselini’s recent series of shorts on insect sex for the Sundance Film Festival may … more →
specious happiness
osopher wrote 1 month ago: [NOTE to Happiness students who missed the email memo: we're not meeting today (I'm "in studio"). Yo … more →
sourpuss
osopher wrote 2 months ago: “Life is so short, questionable and evanescent that it is not worth the trouble of any major e … more →
The first chapter
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morethangray wrote 2 months ago: I arrived home from work yesterday to find a box from Amazon on the porch. Inside was a layer of ne … more →
Seneca
osopher wrote 2 months ago: No one can live happily who has regard to himself alone and transforms everything into a question of … more →
Last Night at the Lobster — Stewart O'Nan
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Jake Seliger wrote 3 months ago: Stewart O’Nan’s Last Night at the Lobster reminds one that small can be engrossing and t … more →
The Art of Travel, by Alain de Botton
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Dennis Lewis wrote 3 months ago: Sunset in an Unknown LandI remember many years ago telling my main teacher in the Gurdjieff Work, Lo … more →
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mmwm wrote 4 months ago: Alain de Botton on TED on success and failure: snobs, envy, the dangers of meritocracy (think … more →
"Death is hard to keep in mind when there is work to be done."
brittbrouse wrote 4 months ago: The above headline is a quote from: The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work Author: Alain de Botton Notes: … more →
The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work — Alain de Botton
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Jake Seliger wrote 5 months ago: Perhaps sensing a gap in our current understanding of the world, Alain de Botton has decided to prod … more →
Life: Occupation and metaphysics edition courtesy of Alain de Botton
Jake Seliger wrote 6 months ago: “[The accountant] has a business card which she hands over in meetings and which tells other p … more →
The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work
Jt wrote 8 months ago: The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work Alain de Botton :: UK :: Hamish Hamilton (Pinguin Group) :: April … more →
Making the Black Death AND the office fun!
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Al wrote 8 months ago: A quick entry this morning, as I’m rushing around today. So, rather than lots of typing, here … more →
Rousseau & de Botton on Affluenza
Karlos the unhappy jackyl wrote 1 year ago: I have been re-reading Alain de Botton’s ‘STATUS ANXIETY’, which is a great book. … more →
quote for the day
kattalina wrote 1 year ago: “It is books, poems, and paintings which often give us the confidence to take seriously feelin … more →
Where's the art?
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artandmylife wrote 1 year ago: You may have noticed that visual art has been thin on the ground here lately. I haven’t been a … more →
Barney's Version — Mordecai Richler
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Jake Seliger wrote 1 year ago: Barney’s Version isn’t always clear or pretty, whether he’s portraying himself, hi … more →
Notes from Status Anxiety: Conclusion
mmwm wrote 1 year ago: Final note on Alain de Botton’s Status Anxiety (2004). This is the twelfth post on this topic; … more →
Solutions: Bohemia (Notes from Status Anxiety)
mmwm wrote 1 year ago: Notes from Alain de Botton’s Status Anxiety (2004). This is the eleventh post on this topic; t … more →
