Tag: Alain de Botton
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The Man Who Took A Lobster for a Walk: Status Anxiety
Watched all 6 episodes of Philosophy of Happiness series by Alain de Botton and the documentary Status Anxiety (which unlike the others seems to accessible in the UK). I really recommend them, especially the latter which includes Native Americans, Televangelist, The Theory of the Leisure Class, duels, Orwell, John Ruskin, naturists, Marx, members of Crass,…
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School of Life – Epicurus
Love this video from School of Life about Epicurus. That does sound great – living with friends, doing stuff you want to do, not worrying about money. Funny how the Church came along and converted them into monasteries, because hey, that layer of guilt was missing đ Also liked this old series by Alain de…