Keep Talking: a newsletter with one truth, one quote, and one podcast episode
Success according to Nassim Taleb, the moral importance of idleness from Bertrand Russell, and "The Case Against Work" podcast episode with Stuart Whatley
A truth:
“True success is exiting some rat race to modulate one’s activities for peace of mind.” - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
An essay quote:
“Good nature is, of all moral qualities, the one that the world needs most, and good nature is the result of ease and security, not of a life of arduous struggle.” - Bertrand Russell, In Praise of Idleness
A podcast episode:
Episode 97: Stuart Whatley - The Case Against Work
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Stuart Whatley is a writer, a Senior Editor at Project Syndicate, and the author of Toward a Leisure Ethic, my favorite essay that I've read of the past few months. During our conversation, Stuart talks about the historic purpose of leisure and work, our culture's obsession with busyness and praise of toil, and the reason for striving towards a life of a leisure ethic: where one has control of one's time, one's energy, and where one works on projects for their own sake.