h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

This is an excellent read. A bit long but very interesting.

I used to describe myself as an agnostic. Might I now turn into an agno-stoic?

https://boingboing.net/2010/10/27/twenty-first-century-2.html

http://boingboing.net/2010/10/27/twenty-first-century-2.html

I should probably warn you that this is only a link to two essays in a series of three

I will try to locate the third. Until then have fun with this

this is almost Adamsian: "I have lately made a practice of pausing, before sending e-mails, to look for and delete material that has no function in the message other than to let the reader know what a wonderful person I am. In many cases, I end up deleting so much material that there is no longer a message worth sending."

(Adamsian = something Douglas Adams ("Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy") might have written)

I didn't find exactly what I was looking for but I think I have found what I needed to find

https://www.williambirvine.com/21stcenturystocism

http://www.williambirvine.com/21stcenturystocism

Ha, here it is. The third essay. Almost hiding in broad daylight

https://boingboing.net/2010/11/01/twenty-first-century-4.html

http://boingboing.net/2010/11/01/twenty-first-century-4.html

Here's an idea for all you stoics out there. It might help you remember what you are aiming for

https://projectswatches.com/shop/40mm-past-present-future-watch/

http://projectswatches.com/shop/40mm-past-present-future-watch/

I got that watch after watching a lecture by Sam Harris on Death and living in the present moment.

This is part of a longer lecture, but it gets the idea across.

http://youtu.be/40PSzx2n-04

The link in the first post is intriguing, but I don't see the point of the watch.

I like stoicism.

Stoicism always remind me of stodgy suet puddings and keeping a stiff upper lip.

Maybe there are ways of softening your upper lip.

Yes, mistaking epoxy resin for collagen.

Sorry, I read that the other way. I was thinking of permanently stiffening an upper lip.

Many Hollywood actors/actresses get face-lifts, which gradually tighten the skin on their faces. Julie Andrews seems to have a permanent smile.

re post 8:

paulh, the wristwatch is quite simply to remind you to live in the present. The here and now.

I might add that one shouldn't become excessively philosophical and overthink this - but that would already be taking it too far

Getting a life would be nice....

I would be happy to help but I need the only life I have myself

I once described the aforementioned clock as being perfect for Pheasants. Since their brains are so small they can't grasp the concepts of neither past nor future and thus only live in the present

There's no time like the pheasant.

The pheasant presently present
on a shelf in my garret
is waiting, anticipating
a bath in a bottle of claret



( Okay so we now have both puns and silly poems in this thread - but I guess if we can accept fusion cuisine we can also accept fusion threads )

I'm stoic about all the above.