What The Theory

This is the first in our discussion on Existentialism. It's a wide-ranging affair and I knew of no better place to start than with Soren Kierkegaard and his take on how anxiety and angst are markers on helping us become a self Becoming a self is no mere task as so many, he claims, do everything in their power to escape themselves. Enjoy.

In this second part to the exploration of Nihilism, we delve into the "loss of Truth" as the essence of Nihilism and the difference between passive and active nihilism The question we ask ourselves is if the things that previously gave us meaning turn out to be man-made constructs, where do we go from here?

They say you shouldn't meet the people you admire. Well, I'm not one to listen to what they say. Ernest is the first proper celebrity I got to meet and know well, beyond his writing. And I wasn't disappointed..In this episode of Sunday Chats-we talk about his school life, what made him decide to become a writer, and what it's like being iconic-which both of us carry the burden of being !! ;-)

Nihilism was viewed as the worst possible thing- the extreme attitude one could have about existence b the major thinkers that referred to it. But Why? Most of us have this attitude that a nihilist is an amoral, anarchic person..But in reality it is possible to be a nihilist and be none the wiser. In this episode I will explore Nietzsche's conception of the attitude and why it might be the most da...

@JustAdamCurtis has an incredible documentary called " Century of the self " called happiness machines which I shamelessly used to explore these ideas. As welcome to understand ourselves, we realize that in our modern society, consumerism is the drive for economic growth. To keep this engine going, our desires for self-identity are used by governments and large corporations to sell us who we are....

Nietzsche's Twilight of the Idols...is probably his most mature, comprehensive work in which he develops the idea of " Philosophy with a hammer". By sounding out idols, we can find those ideas we hold in esteem that are actually hollow. In this video, we examine his takedown of true world theories, best exemplified in Plato and Christianity( platonism for the masses as some call it). The idea of a...

The first in a subseries of Sunday Reads which Sunday Reads Interviews. I'll be talking to people I find interesting about their life philosophy and their approach to this wacky experience called life. Each interviewee will select a book they love or have written and we talk about. Today we talk about the great Lisa Kanyomozi's book " On the job" a memoir of sorts cataloguing the lessons learnt in...

Being and Time is notoriously difficult to read. And at base, it sounds so simple-what does it mean to be- well being there is to be a caring thing in the world. The world and you co-exist, without you, there is no world, and without the world there is no you. It sounds like solipsism and in the hands of a lesser thinker- it could easily be dismissed as such but Heideggar instead uses the concept...

Martin Heidegger's essay on the question concerning technology is probably one of his most accessible works. In it he asks what is it that all technology has as an essence- beyond just human activity or techniques of achievement, what does technology mean for the human being- how does it shape how we view the world and each other-is it neutral?

"They may take our lives but they'll never take out freedom!!" Mel Gibson screamed in a questionable Scottish accent as the iconic William Wallace in Braveheart. It's a sentiment we all hold sacrosanct: Freedom. The idea of being free from the oppression of tyrants, from ideologies that limit us and from judgments of our peers. However, this idea when looked at closely starts to show a partial app...

Disobedience is almost always seen as a vice. But I would counter that much of human progress has come from the defiance of norms. Heck, the Bible starts with an act of disobedience which makes the book worth a read. Change would be impossible without it. A large portion of this video is inspired by the work of Erich Fromm.