Our relationship to impermanence defines our peace of mind.
Next Big Idea podcast, host Rufus Griscom sat down with Emily Austin, a philosophy professor at Wake Forest and unabashed Epicurean, to discuss her new book, Living for Pleasure: An Epicurean Guide to Life.
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Emptiness gives permission.
Sometimes the only paradise we can trust is in the face of death.
Decisions about money and love are profoundly intertwined.
Science, literature, and philosophy all weigh in.
Take notice of how much of our life orbits around dopamine.
Forgiveness is a problem.
Relationships keep us happier and healthier across our lifespan, and loneliness erodes our health.
Defamiliarize the familiar.
At the end of the day, we humans are simple creatures.
