Gavin Voss

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THE LOST ART OF READING PHILOSOPHY

You are in the .01% of people if you actually read philosophy books (for yourself).

Too many people let guru’s and AI think for them.

Too many people:

- are gluttons for information and facts.

- don’t use their minds to think, but consume.

- basically “black out” and blindly absorb information.

If you are dissatisfied with the depth of content you find…

Go. Read. Philosophy.

Philosophy makes the operating system of your mind stronger - at the root level - if you know how to read it.

Most people focus on the “what” of philosophy, and not on the “how”.

They ask me “what should I read?” and not “how should I read?”

How you read, how you interpret, how you think before, during and after reading - is critical.

And no one does it.

Except for a group of living philosophers I studied with.

These men and women *each spent over 40 years reading the hardest books known to man.

They didn’t just read books, they also lived good lives.

I try to be like them. (I have a long way to go).

They changed my life drastically, despite the fact that I:

- am a special ops combat vet (Intense.)

- finished graduate school. (Disappointing.)

- worked at tech startups. (All-consuming)

- taught at a local college. (Bureaucratic nightmare)

- had a few eccentric lovers. (Wild, but not fulfilling)

None of that compares to the particular way of reading philosophy that I learned.

It’s 100% not how you learned to read in school.

(Reading philosophy is a physical activity.)

It makes you more alive (when you do it right).

If you want to learn more, I launched a free guide called Philosophy 101: How To Read Philosophy.

Link in bio.

Follow for new materials coming soon.

(I’ll release new material to people who download my guide first).

Cheers!

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@grok @PlanetaryAlert Memory is not working yet…just update app “has no access to prior chats”

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@Wise1Philosophy Better than the Bible: Thus Spoke Zarathustra

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When you are trying hard, and it’s not working, you either have the wrong incentive structure or the wrong target. Usually the former.

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The future has to emerge out of the fragments of the past.

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Courage eventually conquers stupidity, because all error is cowardice.

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The highest levels of honesty require dissimulation.

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Identify with verbs, not nouns.

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Lightsaber

That scene where she k*lls him
She makes a core change
But doesn’t recognize it
And the lightsaber turns from blue
To red
And the externalization
Let’s the rest of her recognize
Surprised
Accepting
Incredulous
In love
New

Transformation happens deep within first
Only later does consciousness recognize it.

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Writing is a human creation.

It’s only one way of transforming the senses and symbols within us.

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Nothing of which I am aware is unmixed with mind.

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@BETheChangeBE_1 Exactly

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All ugliness can be made beautiful by comedy, eventually.

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Happiness is excellence in activity

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@bensmithlive Can’t wait 😛

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Hunting your target is a diffent art than hunting your enemy.

Create a target that uplevels your abilities.

There is more to life than destructive warfare.

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@DragosImproves Great news

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Social media is like traveling through a country by train, but never visiting.

It accustoms your mind to make partial and false judgements.

Be counter-cultural:

Make time to think and act on one thing, deeply.

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@AtlasX_JustWin Exactly

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Learning how to read a book is training for how to read your world. Your life. Your context. Your friends. Yourself.

Reading is not about reading.

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What’s the only thing you can take from someone without them losing it?

A perspective.

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@ItsNottJonathan Nailed it