STOICISM MARK II
Rebirth, Wealth, and the Anti-Complacent Life By Eric Kim Dedication For the human being who refuses to be sedated by success. Author’s Note This is a manifesto, not a museum piece. It …
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Wealth Philosophy and the Philosophers of Wealth
Executive summary “Wealth philosophy” is not a standard, discrete subfield in philosophy in the way that epistemology or ethics is. It is better understood as an umbrella term for philosophical reflection on …
More Time for My Own Thoughts
Executive summary The phrase “more time for my own thoughts” captures a real and important dimension of advantage. Wealth does not simply buy goods; it often buys temporal autonomy: fewer compulsory hours, …
Barbelling Presence and Long-Term Planning
Executive summary The most evidence-based way to “barbell” present-moment presence with distant-future planning is not to try to maximize both at the same instant. Human cognition reliably incurs task-switching costs; working memory …
See the True Reality
Executive Summary To ask what it would mean to “see the true reality” is to ask at least four different questions at once. It can mean: whether there is a mind-independent world …
Towards a New Theory of Wealth
Executive summary The literature does not support a single-cause theory of wealth. Classical political economy explains wealth through the division of labor, market expansion, and capital accumulation; neoclassical theory emphasizes marginal productivity, …