2 posts tagged with "Philosophy"

The problem stood in front of him like a wall. He could not go around it. He could not go over it. He had to go through.

The Stoics said: "The obstacle is the way." But what if they were both right and wrong? What if some obstacles forge character while others just drain you? What if some problems reveal purpose while others merely profit those who manufactured them?

Every decision you make is a vote for a particular time horizon.

Check your phone now? You're voting for the immediate. Save for retirement? You're voting for decades ahead. Plant a tree? You're voting for generations.

But here's the paradox: You are simultaneously all of these time horizons, yet you can only consciously inhabit one at a time.