Tag: materialism

• Alain de Botton: A kinder, gentler philosophy of success (TED)

  

  … it’s bad enough not getting what you want. But it’s even worse to have an idea of what it is you want and find out, at the end of the journey, that it isn’t in fact what you wanted all along.

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  September 14, 2014

  Life, Psychology, Talks

  Alain de botton, anxiety, career, career crisis, crisis, envy, failure, Ferrari, greed, hierarchy, hope, human, job, judgment, loser, materialism, meritocracy, newspaper, ownership, respect, rewards, snob, snobbery, success, TED, time, tragedy

• On Religion

  

  PART I The Monk One fine December day, about two weeks ago, my mom and I went to a temple near our house to give ‘Sang-kha-tarn’ (as we say in Thailand) to the monks. The day marked a one year anniversary of my late grandmother’s passing, and giving ‘Sang-kha-tarn’ (essentially a package of household goods –…

  valsaksornchai

  January 4, 2014

  Curiosities, Economics, Life, Random

  alms, appropriate, Buddhism, consideration, consumerism, Dharma, Food, iPhone, materialism, modern, monks, religion, respect, technology, temple, Thailand, thoughts, worldly

• Why We’ve Had Enough of Stuff (RSA Replay)

  

  Memories live longer than dreams. If you happen to have an hour, this would be worth watching. If you /don’t/ have an hour, bookmark this for a later date. Just in time for the Christmas frenzy: For more from the RSA, do visit their YouTube and/or site.

  valsaksornchai

  December 24, 2013

  Curiosities, Economics, Learning, Life, Psychology, Reason, Talks

  Christmas, consumerism, Dreams, experientialism, Holidays, James Wallman, materialism, Memories, Opinions, Royal Society of Arts, RSA, stuffocation, talk, the RSA, YouTube