This Episode started out examining the different kinds of shoulds. Some shoulds come from extrinsic sources like my dad telling me I needed to get a job and not study philosophy in college, or your church telling you not to be gay. Extrinsic shoulds can be pretty easy to identify…
Tag: Philosophy
FLASHBACK! KEW Curiosity Interview Series 8: Bernhard Kutzler
I was so happy to meet Bernhard Kutzler. I told him we were kindred spirits because we were asking such similar questions. He agreed. He also agreed to interview with me to discuss Curiosity. My first thoughts about Bernhard were why no one else has heard of him. I still…
KEW Episode 62: Change (cont)
Apparently I didn’t say quite enough about change in last weeks’ Episode 62: Change is Hard, but Resisting Change is WRONG! because when I say down to record this weeks’ Episode I just kept talking about CHANGE. Change. It’s the one thing we can count on. Since the Big Bang,…
Preview KEW Episode 62: Change (cont.)
I’ve been talking a lot about how change is a FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENT OF LIFE. Biological entities have DNA which builds our bodies and defines our unique abilities and deficiencies. But more than that, DNA is the mechanism that perpetuates and propels species through TIME by allowing adaptation to changing environmental…
FLASHBACK! KEW Episode 46: Values
Values, man. If ever there were an oversimplification in the whole personal growth or self-help category, this is it. What do you value? What are your values? It sounds sooo simple. But that’s deceptive. For me, defining my values took WEEKS. And, worse than that, I THOUGHT I knew what…
KEW News and Updates September, 2021
Hey guys – just wanted to make a note here about a few projects I have coming up that you may be interested in. First, I’m currently conducting interviews about the “Are vs. Should Problem“. I’ve completed the first two with people I had never met and I’ll say it’s…
KEW Episode 60: The Are vs Should Problem – Jobs and Careers
When I was a teenager I realized I would be working for the rest of my life. This hit me like a ton of bricks. This realization LITERALLY left me feeling like I had fallen out of a tree and couldn’t catch my breath. Though I’d experienced physical pain by…
Preview KEW Episode 60: The Are vs Should Problem – Jobs and Career
This week I go back to the roots of the Are vs Should Problem. For me this whole quest began when I was a kid and realized I had made a deal with the devil to blow 2/3 of my day working whatever job I’d be lucky enough to get….
FLASHBACK! KEW Episode 45: Career vs. Family
I realized yesterday that the Are vs. Should Problem really started in Episode 42: Safety. I knew the idea had been rolling around in my head, but I didn’t realize I actually stated it formally in that podcast. So, really, the Are vs. Should Problem officially begin in Episode 42….
KEW Episode 59: Are vs Should Challenges
Depending on how you define ‘uncomfortable’, 100-200 million people worldwide can’t meet their basic needs. Folks are born into societies and cultures where they are doomed to fail. Millions of people on this planet will live their entire lives worried about dying, finding food, or having a safe place to…