Philosophy - Abhishek Chakraborty

Don’t Seek Too Much Stability

A stable life is one where—in theory—nothing goes wrong. You have an okay job, a happy marriage, good kids, and live in a decent neighbourhood. But soon we’ll learn that longterm stability is only a ticking time bomb and, if we know any better, we should avoid it at all costs.

You Don’t Need More If You Have Enough

We are brainwashed by society and culture to assume that more money equals more success, and hence more happiness. How true is that? Is it okay to be content with just enough? How much is just enough? Is the threshold same for everybody?

Life Is A Death Sentence: You Can Either Get Busy Living Or Get Busy Dying

Life is a death sentence. We all die eventually. It can be sooner or later, but die we will. With that information, you can either get busy living, or get busy dying.

Living Deliberately: The Importance of Long Walks, Paintings, and Board Games

Growing up, I didn't own a computer. That gave me a lot of free time to play with friends, take long walks, go out on bike trips, read books, and do paintings. Unknowingly, I was living deliberately.

Digital Declutter: The Crucial Philosophy Nobody Ever Taught You

Technology, despite making our lives efficient, has also added a lot of complexities. It has stolen our time from us. Whether we are doing work or scrolling mindlessly, we are always connected to others, and that’s where lies the problem.

The Inner Scorecard: How Good Do You Want To Be?

“The big question about how people behave is whether they’ve got an Inner Scorecard or an Outer Scorecard. It helps if you can be satisfied with an Inner Scorecard.” — Warren Buffett

Via Negativa: The Process of Making Good Decisions By Eliminating Bad Ones

When we set goals—both personal and professional—we tend to focus on what we should do, rather than focussing on what we should avoid. Humans naturally know more about what is wrong, what is bad, what is harmful, or what won’t work, more than they know about what is right and what would work.

A Scientific Way to Call BS on Someone’s Argument

Predicting the past a pseudo-intellectual’s job. It doesn’t matter if you are right or wrong in your prediction, because there’s no way to empirically verify your claim.