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What does the word "teaching" mean in the context of this post? Writing blog posts? If you want to learn about moral/life philosophy, then there are some grea
by dfdz 5y ago
What does the word "teaching" mean in the context of this post?
Writing blog posts?
If you want to learn about moral/life philosophy, then there are some great free courses on Coursera
https://www.coursera.org/learn/the-science-of-well-being https://www.coursera.org/learn/the-science-of-well-being
https://www.coursera.org/learn/moralities https://www.coursera.org/learn/moralities
https://www.coursera.org/learn/moral-politics https://www.coursera.org/learn/moral-politics
If someone else wants to read Paul Graham's blog I do not see the issue...
- cratermoon 5y agoAttention. PG gets attention, which is itself a valuable and scarce (individually) commodity. Why does he get to have his thoughts out there, taking up attention and other resources, and another doesn't? "I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops." ― Stephen Jay Gould, The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History