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00:00 Is he stupid?
02:07 Learned Helplessness & The Absurd
05:34 Acceptance & Amor Fati
07:20 The Self As Context & Taoist Identity
09:42 Commitment & Flow Psychology
15:00 The Will To Happiness
18:00 Between Yes & No
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Zaretsky, R. (2013). A life worth living: Albert Camus and the Quest for Meaning. Cambridge : Harvard University Press,
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Hayes SC, Luoma JB, Bond FW, Masuda A, Lillis J. Acceptance and commitment therapy: Model, processes and outcomes. Behaviour research and therapy. 2006;44(1):1–25.
Hayes SC, Strosahl KD, Wilson KG. Acceptance and commitment therapy: An experiential approach to behavior change. Encyclopedia of Psychotherapy. 2000;32(1):1–8.
Nietzsche, Friedrich. The Gay Science. IV, §341.
Moeller, H. & D’Ambrosio, P. (2017). Genuine Pretending: On the Philosophy of the Zhuangzi. New York Chichester, West Sussex: Columbia University Press.
Csikszentmihalyi M. (1990). Flow : the psychology of optimal experience (First). Harper & Row.
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Link between flow, buddhism and absurdism inspired by this great piece of writing:
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