Phyloposhy on Deliberate World

Books can teach everything

Wed, 09 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Reading a non fiction book gives an opportunity to dive deeper into one persons thoughts. While it might be truth that many books are overly long and practically could have been summarized into single blog post without loosing the point (who knows, maybe authors are getting payed by amount of pages, not the quality) - there are still books worth reading. On the examples are “Thinking, fast and slow”. This is the book that is very other quoted by other authors and never gets old (not yet at least).

Practice vs theory

Wed, 02 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

What is the best approach, doing things and making mistakes or applying theory?

Get to know the world around by creating something ourselves

Tue, 01 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Lately, whenever we have a free moment, we instinctively reach for our smartphones—mostly to consume content created by others. The operating system we use, the website design we interact with, and, of course, the content itself—all of it is pre-packaged and presented to us. In essence, we have little choice over our digital environment; it is handed to us on a platter.

Free Content

Perhaps, when we don’t have to pay for content, we become less selective about what we consume. When choosing the design and functionality of a kitchen for a new home, we tend to be much more meticulous—because, ultimately, we are spending what we trade our time for (money).

Don't write everything down ✒️

Fri, 14 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

We often hear advices write everything down like it would guarantee, that information we write down - would make sense and stay in our minds forever. Another common recommendation - if You need to take a decision write down pros and cons, like if we were robots. Would it actually help us to take a decision?

What about our hearts?

They further we go with technology progress the more we try to treat everything as mechanical system, even ourselves. If we don’t want to do anything even though we think it’s super useful for us - we search for a million ways how to push ourselves to something that we don’t actually want to do. What if, after so many years of innovation - we are still humans? What if we still have our “hearts” that whisper to ourselves what we really want, but we want to listen to much more “rational” way of thinking? Perhaps - to really understand what do we want we’d need to sit in silence for couple of minutes and listen to ourselves and then we’d understand.

Best way to get anxiety - think about society problems 😟

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

We may have different views, whether world is functioning properly, whether climate change problem is real or not, whether Facebook is a good thing or not. However, we’d all agree that there are certain thing, that are not perfect in the world we live in.

It might too complicated to comprehend

Eventually - we might watch a documentary and start thinking about how many problems we have in the society. This is so complex and broad set of issues, that can easily make a person uncomfortable about world we live in. It can even make us obsessed about the things that happen in the world.

Purpose of Technology 💾

Tue, 09 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

What is the Meaning and Purpose of Technology? Why are we racing forward at breakneck speed, conquering new heights and space, while leaving our “earthly problems” unresolved? Why was a four-legged horse the fastest mode of transport for most of human history, yet now the number of transistors in processors doubles every 24 months? Humanity has made a massive leap forward and continues to accelerate. But what have we truly achieved? Are we becoming twice as happy every 24 months?

Time Management Phylosophy ⌚

Mon, 19 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

We try so hard to accomplish as much as possible. To be efficient. Get more done. Plan your downtime. We hear all this in countless books, videos, podcasts, and who knows where else. We squeeze ourselves dry to get more done and extract more from our time.

Have you ever been truly bored? So bored that you have absolutely nothing to do? If you have, we often quickly find something to occupy ourselves with. Most likely, we grab our smartphones, or a housewife always finds some extra chores to do around the house. Nowadays, we’ve completely forgotten how to be bored.

Stop setting goals 🎯

Fri, 19 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

It’s Fashionable

Everyone around is saying that you need to set goals and achieve them. Then set new goals and achieve them again. If you don’t achieve them, you should feel guilty, experience a drop in self-esteem, and urgently find ways to learn how to achieve goals. There’s an even sadder scenario—falling into the other extreme and stopping doing anything altogether. The idea of achieving goals, like the idea of low-fat products in its time, is just an idea. Let’s look at a less popular approach to this theory.

Perfectionism is the public enemy 🔫

Sat, 08 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Did you use correction fluid during your school years? Were we allowed to make mistakes? Were you praised for your mistakes or scolded?

Perfectionism for the Sake of Perfectionism

There are people with a rich inner world (though I don’t think that’s the cause) for whom it is very important that everything is perfectly arranged—even objects. Here, perfectionism is more of an art form than a medical diagnosis. Seeing how such a person organizes material space or processes can be mesmerizing! But is it easy for such a person to live in our world?

Minimalism won't help 😶‍🌫️

Mon, 03 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000

A Bit of an Introduction

Minimalism has become incredibly popular, though perhaps its peak has already passed. As we dive deeper into the world of virtual pleasures, tangible treasures become more valuable.

The easier it becomes to purchase things, the more popular the idea that things aren’t necessary.

Why Simply Getting Rid of Things Won’t Help

There’s a wonderful book by Erich Fromm titled Иметь или быть. It’s not as simple as the title might suggest. It’s not just about not owning things. We strive to possess emotions, guarantees, options, status…
I won’t even get into how much a person might want to possess another person—in every sense.