The seasonal trope of the commencement address is upon us as wisdom on life is being dispensed from graduation podiums around the world.
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Month: February 2015
20-Year-Old Hunter S. Thompson’s Superb Advice on How to Find Your Purpose and Live a Meaningful Life
As a hopeless lover of both letters and famous advice, I was delighted to discover a letter 20-year-old Hunter S. Thompson — gonzo journalism godfather, pundit of media politics, dark philosopher — penned to his friend Hume Logan in 1958.
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How to Be Alone: An Antidote to One of the Central Anxieties and Greatest Paradoxes of Our Time
“We live in a society which sees high self-esteem as a proof of well-being, but we do not want to be intimate with this admirable and desirable person.
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An Antidote to the Age of Anxiety: Alan Watts on Happiness and How to Live with Presence
Wisdom on overcoming the greatest human frustration from the pioneer of Eastern philosophy in the West.
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Richard Feynman on the Role of Scientific Culture in Modern Society
“I fully expected that, by the end of the century, we would have achieved substantially more than we actually did,” lamented original moonwalker Neil Armstrong, who passed away at the age of 82 last week.
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