Category: Philosophy

• What Is Trust?

  

  In my university admissions examination in 2009, I was asked whether I thought trust was the foundation of human society. My answer was yes, and my reasoning was that it is a necessary – though not sufficient – condition for relationships and economic transactions. Looking back, I realise that my answer was fundamentally flawed. I…

  valsaksornchai

  May 2, 2017

  Economics, Life, Mind, Musings, Philosophy, Self, Time

  definition, economic, economy, feelings, intimacy, relationships, sharing, thoughts, time, transactions, trust, university

• Say ‘Yes’

  … to new experiences. You never know what you’re going to learn. About yourself, about the world around you. Get out of your comfort zone. Put yourself out there. You never know what you will find. Be open to new experiences. So you can make new mistakes, meet new friends, learn new lessons. Your life…

  valsaksornchai

  October 4, 2014

  Learning, Life, Philosophy

  comfort zone, Experience, Friends, learning, mistakes, ownership, world, yes

• Ten Books

  In one of the latest and more enjoyable Facebook chain-statuses, I was asked which ten books have stayed with or touched me in some ways. Having spent a surprisingly large amount of time reflecting on and spelling out the significance of each book to my life thus far, I thought: why not share them here as well? So…

  valsaksornchai

  September 9, 2014

  Curiosities, Life, Mind, Philosophy, Reading, Reason

  Black Swan, books, Camus, Catch-22, Etranger, Facebook, Harper Lee, Harry Potter, Hofstadter, Human Conduct, John Hospers, Joseph Heller, Khaled Hosseini, Kinsella, Laura Ingalls Wilder, list, Little House, Millennium Trilogy, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, reading, Sartre, Shopaholic, Stieg Larsson, The Age of Reason, The Stranger, To Kill a Mockingbird