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Wise Hypocrite

Wise Hypocrite

By Patrick Daniel

A podcast on The 10 Questions of Human Existence.

Who am I? What's my purpose? How do I face suffering? Why does any of it matter? These questions define our lives.

Lawyer-turned-philosopher Patrick Daniel gallivants through culture, philosophy, and lived experiences to find answers to the 10 questions that connect us all.

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4. What Matters?

Wise HypocriteJul 28, 2022

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4. What Matters?

4. What Matters?

The fourth of the 10 Questions of Human Existence is “What Matters"?

Everything we do says something about what we value. Everything is a choice to do one thing instead of another. But if that’s the case, then why is it that we seem to spend so much time on bullshit? In this chapter, we discuss the difference between instrumental and intrinsic value, distinguishing the signal from the noise, scratching that sholezard itch, how to recognise bullshit, and explore the question - what makes certain things great? 

Our lives may not be nasty and brutish, but they are short. We owe it to ourselves to devote as little as possible of our precious time to meaningless bullshit, and focus our attention on experiences that bring us real and lasting value.

References:

Harry Frankfurt, “On Bullshit

Viktor Frankl, “Man’s Search For Meaning

Aristotle, “Nicomachean Ethics

Plato, “Gorgias

Aesop, “Collected Fables

David French, “The Signal and the Noise

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  • Luella Gren, Mechanical Pipes and Bells
  • Giuseppe Verdi, La Donna E’ Mobile
  • W.A. Mozart, Minuet in F maj K2
  • Spectacles Wallet and Watch, Secret Surprise
  • Bonn Fields, Cordierite
  • Ch@ntarelle, 52nd Street

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3. How Do I Know?
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2. What Is (Real)?

2. What Is (Real)?

The second of the 10 Questions of Human Existence is "What is Real"?  

From prokaryote to proctologist, something all life forms share is an ability to react to their surroundings. Building a picture of the world and its dangers and opportunities is a necessary precondition to all action. In this episode, drawing on insights from philosophy, biology and cognitive psychology, we explore how questions about external reality underlie our every moment, and how external reality may be very different from how it appears.


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Main Sources:

- Max Tegmark, "Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence"

- Donald D. Hoffman, "The Case Against Reality: How Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes"


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