The Mid Life Crisis Is Wone

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i've been trying to think about how the tools of academic philosophy could be applied to the kinds of problems my friends and i seem to be facing. The idea that thinking about how to live should make your life better, should enable you to live better is a veryf attractive, plausible one. You know, philosophers are often embarrassed by the idea of self help. But in a way, when you shoud think of the long trajectory of the history of philosophical ethics, the idea that thinking About How To Live Should Make Your Life Better Is A Very Good Idea.

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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