How to Justifiably Stop Grieving?

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How can we ever justifiably stop recognizing that loss for what it is? And we sort of rely on what to some extent conventional arbitrary social practices to help us do that. That's why meditation promises to be a truly generic remedy for psychological suffering. It's in being able to break the spell of thought that one can recognize that consciousness is, if only for that next moment, free of the implications of thought.

Sam Harris speaks to Kieran Setiya about the relevance of philosophy to living a good life. They discuss the existence of objective moral truths, being happy vs living well, our response to grief, the difference between "telic" and "atelic" activities, the power of reframing, FOMO, bias toward the future, regret, the asymmetry between pain and pleasure, and other topics.

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