
Are we happy yet?
(Happiness)
What makes for a happy life? Does money make you happy? Is happiness overrated? Should happiness be a goal or just a by-product of our undertakings?
*Warning: thinking is dangerous. A monthly discussion in the style of the French Café philosophique (“cafe-philo”) started by Marc Sautet in Paris.
What makes for a happy life? Does money make you happy? Is happiness overrated? Should happiness be a goal or just a by-product of our undertakings?
What is Art?
Life is long, if you know how to use it
Are we divorced from nature? How can we protect the last wild places? What responsibility do we have to future generations when it comes to the environment?
Are we free, or are we in chains? How important is freedom of expression? How much are our ideas and way of thinking influenced by the media? What does ‘freedom’ mean to us?
What love is, what it means to us, and what happens when it doesn't turn out as planned...
Why do humans sing?
Is knowledge power?
Are you the chosen one? The self and narcissism
What does our stuff reveal about us? Are we what we buy? Is less more? What are the problems associated with consumerism?
Who should be able to own what? How much property does a person need? What can be done to reduce homelessness? Is property theft? What effect do rising property prices have on younger generations?
What role does luck play in our lives? What are the odds of dying in a plane accident, choking on a piece of meat, writing the great novel, being born in the first place?
Are you defined by your job? Should you do what you love, or try to love what you do? What effect does unemployment have on people? Does your work have to have meaning for your life to have meaning?