Confucius and the Fish Tank

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Aristotle was banging on about in noble self love and individual perfection two and a half thousand years ago. Confucius was walking around in East Asia talking about how the superior man has nothing to boast of. So they have completely different kind of value systems that build out from these basic ideas. And there were all kinds of good and bad effects that arise from these differences, we could say this is not 100% but it does seem to be true.

Will Storr, an award-winning journalist and novelist, joins us for this episode of The Unmistakable Creative. Will takes us on a journey through the history of 'self'. He explains how early human societies are responsible for much of how we live in the modern-day world. Why have we become so self-obsessed and what is it doing to us? The irony is that we’d love to know and Will has an answer at will blow your mind.

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