diff --git a/content/blog/2020-12-16-worth.md b/content/blog/2020-12-16-worth.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ad77747 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/2020-12-16-worth.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: "Worth Reading" +date: 2020-12-16 00:00:00 +0100 +categories: philosophy +--- +I'm in no position to justifiably make this assertation, but I'm going to do it anyway: the *vast* majority of modern philosophy is worthless. **Fully** aware of the irony in my statement, I argue we have made very little progress since the Greeks. But some things stand out. So follows, in no particular order, a very short (living) list of things I have found worthy of my time. + +- Jean-Dominique Bauby, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" +- Thomas Young, "Overconsumption and procreation: are they morally equivalent?." + +Your mileage may, decidedly, vary. \ No newline at end of file