
Ep. 2 - IJ Makan's Conversational Portrait
The Inner Landscape Travel Agency
The Complexity of Evil and Human Agency
This chapter explores the complex relationship between evil, human agency, and moral responsibility. It examines how individual circumstances influence actions while underscoring the critical role of personal choice amidst philosophical discussions on free will and determinism.
IJ shares about..
- Embodying his beliefs, even when labeled a heretic by former communities
- Identity and acceptance as part of the Tangkhul tribe in India: across faith and culture
- Mourning a stillborn son and finding the sacred in martial arts and fatherhood
- Learning to see beauty through painting
- Whether clarity of thought can save relationships
Show Notes
16:21 - Josef Pieper’s Leisure: The Basis of Culture https://www.amazon.com/Leisure-Basis-Culture-Josef-Pieper/dp/1586172565
18:15 Abbaye de Saint-Benoît-du-Lac https://www.abbaye.ca/en/
30:31 - John Searle’s Chinese Room argument https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_room
31:08 - Accelerationist Movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerationism
32:05 - Marc Andreessen’s AI Will Save the World https://a16z.com/ai-will-save-the-world/
49:20 - Bernardo Kastrup https://twitter.com/bernardokastrup
50:20 - Laurens van der Post’s biography of Jung https://www.amazon.com/Jung-Story-Time-Laurens-Post/dp/0394721756
50:30 - Carl Jung’s Memories, Dreams, Reflections https://www.amazon.com/Memories-Dreams-Reflections-C-Jung/dp/0679723951/ Laurens van der Post’s life https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurens_van_der_Post
01:07:00 - Daniel Everett and his life with the Piraha in Don’t Sleep There Are Snakes https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Sleep-There-Are-Snakes/dp/0307386120
01:16:45 - Sufi practice of Dhikr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhikr 01:21:15 - Brunello Cucinelli’s life philosophy https://www.brunellocucinelli.com/en/my-life.html
01:36:50 - Sufi practice of Itlak in Nevit O. Ergin’s book The Path of Annihilation https://www.amazon.com/Sufi-Path-Annihilation-Tradition-Jalaluddin/dp/1620552744/
01:58:35 - @transcendentalfilms's Pursuit of Silence documentary https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4026570/ Director Patrick Shen’s reflections on incorporating silence and monasticism in his daily life
02:01:25 - Buddhist notion of the Rainbow Body https://enlightenmentthangka.com/blogs/thangka/the-rainbow-body
02:05:50 - Paul Kalanithi’s When Breath Becomes Air https://www.amazon.com/When-Breath-Becomes-Paul-Kalanithi/dp/081298840X
02:11:15 - As of 2019, Teikoku Databank reported that Japan had over 33,000 companies that had been in business for more than 100 years, and over 3,000 that were more than 200 years old https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200211-why-are-so-many-old-companies-in-japan
02:14:35 - Ender’s Game quote on loving and understanding your enemy https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/97512-in-the-moment-when-i-truly-understand-my-enemy-understand
02:17:15 - Martin Luther’s “I can do no other” https://columbiametro.com/article/here-i-stand-i-can-do-no-other/
02:25:50 - El Camino, a Catholic pilgrimage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camino_de_Santiago
02:44:04 - Tat Tvam Asi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mah%C4%81v%C4%81kyas#Tat_Tvam_Asi
02:57:15 - Adi Shankara’s philosophy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adi_Shankara#Philosophy_and_practice
03:08:25 - Baltasar Gracián’s El Discreto: The Complete Man (1646) https://www.amazon.com/El-Discreto-Complete-Baltasar-Graci%C3%A1n/dp/1945028521/
Find IJ everywhere
* Substack writing on wisdom - https://ijmakan.substack.com/
* IG - https://www.instagram.com/ijmakan/
* Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@BecomingAntifragile1
* Podcast website: https://becomingantifragile.com/
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