In a recent post, I discussed the old saying "It is what it is" as a useful adage that could serve us well as a cognitive frame for how we engage worry. I received a lot of interesting feedback, much ...

Built on the existential foundations of philosopher Søren Kierkegaard and expanded upon in the early 1940s by Albert Camus, absurdism gained traction in the post-war era, centered on ideas around life ...

What might have been and what has beenPoint to one end, which is always present. — T.S. Eliot, “Burnt Norton” Imagine attending an infinite number of weddings — the same wedding — for the rest of ...

I'm interested in three modern philosophies that overlap a lot: Existentialism, Nihilism, and Absurdism. I could be wrong here, but it seems they all start with the same idea--life doesn't have any ...

Two weekends ago, I rappelled off the end of my rope. I fell five feet, enough to badly break (“smash”) three bones in my ankle. Emergency surgery was performed at Saint Mary’s Regional Hospital in ...