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#261 – Philip Goff: Consciousness, Panpsychism, and the Philosophy of Mind

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Is It Impossible to Have a Goal and Not Draw Pleasure From It?

I think it's impossible to have a goal and not draw pleasure from it make it worthwhile forget the word pleasure I think the word goal loses meaning if I say I'm going to count the number of pens on this table if I'm actively involved in the task I will find joy in it. There's some joy to be discovered in the mastery of a skill so I think it's just impossible to count blades of grass and not sort of have the geo dreams of sushi compelling like draws you into the simple task hmmYeah I suppose I mean in a way you might think it's hard to imagine someone who would spend their lives doing that but then maybe that's just because it's so

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