The Partially Examined Life | A Philosophy Podcast and Philosophy Blog Why You Should Stop Wasting Time On Absurd Motivational Articles The next time someone tells me to believe in myself, take the leap, and follow my dreams, I'm going to punch them in the face. These sorts of rah-rah guides to self-actualization seem to be a bit of a trend in entrepreneurship articles of late. I'm not sure when it started exactly, but it's become so saccharine that the glycemic index might need to be recalibrated. That's what bothers me about these sorts of bright-side preachers (editor's note: Fast Company, no stranger to career boosterism, recognizes the irony here). That's nonsense. Listen to successful founders and you'll often hear variations on "They said we couldn't do it." Is being fueled by the desire to prove people wrong the only way to go? That said, it's important not to let it go too far. No one's arguing that being a misanthrope is going to help you succeed, but neither is being Pollyanna. Be yourself. --Joe Ippolito is a strategist at Yahoo.
How Post-Christian is U.S. Society? May 16, 2013 – It seems like every time there’s a new bit of communication technology, someone prophesies the death of previous technologies. The advent of the tape heralded the death of the record, the CD heralded the death of the record and the tape, and the MP3 meant the death of physical music media. The arrival of television meant the radio would die. The proliferation of the Internet meant print magazines and newspapers were utterly doomed. And, of course, the rise of e-readers and tablet computers meant print-and-paper books were dead forever. Of course, with the benefit of hindsight, it turns out that new technology rarely destroys an existing medium—if anything, it just changes it. So if the book isn’t dead, who’s still buying them? A good place to start answering that question is with a group of professionals who, on average, buys 3.8 books per month per person—92% of whom buy at least one book per month—adding up to between 8 million and 13 million books per year.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy The Philosopher King The Philosopher King It turns out that Plato's noble lie was that philosophers would make good kings Philosophers in this comic: Plato Permanent Link to this Comic: Support the comic on Patreon <map name="admap76971" id="admap76971"><area href="