No. You can start with questions and an open mind. A beginner’s job is to test an idea against their own life, […]

Yes, but what changes is the aim of your wants, not whether you have them. You still want, enjoy, and work, and […]

The purpose of life, in this view, is to grow beyond living only for yourself and to understand why anything exists at […]

Sometimes, but not as punishment. Suffering is what an unmet need or an unanswered question feels like, and it can point to […]

No. Self-interest is the engine behind every want you have, so you can’t delete it and you shouldn’t try. The useful question […]

Yes, but not for every impulse that crosses your mind. You didn’t choose where your desires came from, so responsibility starts later, […]

It’s realistic, but not in the way most people read the phrase. It isn’t a feeling to produce or a rule to […]