Category: personal rights
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Huxley’s words
This post consists of quotations from Aldous Huxley‘s 1954 book “The Doors of Perception” which elaborates on his psychedelic experience the previous year under the influence of mescaline, a substance originally derived from the Peyote cactus among other natural sources. A short comment is given at the end. “””That humanity at large will ever be able to dispense…
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On meaning (Part 2): the hedonistic altruist
This is the second part of a series of three posts on meaning, like the meaning we could give to things or which we aim to find in life. Part 1 discussed absolute limits to meaning. Here we consider philosophical views, and Part 3 looks at the role communities can play, and how these can…
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You versus society: how to better talk about problems
Here is the recent case. It’s a global pandemic of a potentially deadly virus which can spread through air. Wearing a facemask covering your mouth and nose can suppress transmission protecting you, if you are not sick, or others, if you are. However, you find it uncomfortable breathing with this thing in your face, think…