Men may struggle to form deep, emotional, and meaningful connections. But here are some non-traditional ways to bond with other men.
Being able to form strong bonds with other men is often essential to protecting a man’s well-being. …
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2.37 billion people did not have access to safe and nutritious food in 2020 and worldwide undernourishment and hunger are on the rise. …
When different people take the same dose of any psychedelic, some will have a more subjectively intense experience than others. This is due to dose-independent factors, which many psychonauts, psychedelic enthusiasts, and researchers know are called set and setting. Set is your mindset going into the experience, whereas setting refers to all the environmental factors that can potentially colour the trip. While a person’s pre-existing mood and setting are seen to (and definitely do) play a significant role in the quality of the psychedelic experience, there is one undervalued aspect of set that can influence how intense someone’s journey might be: his or her personality.
Originally published at https://www.samwoolfe.com on November 22, 2021.
There are innumerable ways to persuade others of an argument or point of view that don’t rely on solid reasoning and logic but instead employ persuasion tactics, either wittingly or unwittingly. This is rhetoric: the art of persuasion. Many arguments can have the appearance of being correct, but under scrutiny, the flaws start to appear. There are many public intellectuals who use rhetoric when espousing their opinions; two well-known conservative ones, who will be the focus of this article, are Ben Shapiro and Jordan Peterson.
Originally published at https://www.samwoolfe.com on November 15, 2021.
One of the most interesting aspects of psychedelics is how the experience ties into philosophy. I am especially drawn to the notion that they can attract one to — or concretise — certain philosophical ideas, theories, and systems. For example, in The Subjective Effects of Nitrous Oxide (1882), the psychologist William James wrote how the nitrous oxide trance provided him with “the conviction that Hegelism was true after all”. For me, an experience with mescaline hydrochloride provided a visceral confirmation of Arthur Schopenhauer’s theory of the will-to-life, his attendant views on compassion, and the moral worth of non-human animals.
Originally published at https://www.samwoolfe.com on November 1, 2021.
There are many obstacles and pitfalls when it comes to engaging in a daily practice of meditation, and one that I’ve noticed being a persistent one recently is when meditation feels like a chore, one more item on the task checklist to cross off and get out the way.
Originally published at https://www.samwoolfe.com on October 25, 2021.
Being able to form strong bonds with other men is often essential to protecting a man’s well-being. The problem, however, is that a lot of men struggle to form deep, emotional, and meaningful connections with men in their lives, including those people they love or care about the most, such as their father or best friends.
Originally published at https://www.samwoolfe.com on October 18, 2021.
Self-promotion is a task that I presume I need to do as a freelancer. When cycles of little to no work become the norm — sometimes, unfortunately, lasting for weeks on end — I have two options, as all freelancers do: wait for work to come to me or find ways to take on more assignments and projects. The first strategy (well, not really a strategy, more of a dim hope) is not reliable. It’s great when people reach out to me with writing projects, or I get a referral, but this doesn’t happy very often.
Originally published at https://www.samwoolfe.com on October 11, 2021.
To Friedrich Nietzsche, the correct response to the trials, tribulations, and tragedies of life was one of embrace: a yes-saying attitude. This has since become known as the Nietzschean affirmation of life, and we can juxtapose it with the Schopenhauerian rejection of life: a no-saying to suffering.
Originally published at https://www.samwoolfe.com on October 4, 2021.
Tim Gaze is an Australian artist residing in the Adelaide Hills. Since the late 90s, he has been an active poet, writer, publisher, and performer. He is also notable as an artist specialising in asemic writing (expressive mark-making that has the appearance of a language). In 1997, Gaze, along with fellow artist Jim Leftwich, applied the term ‘asemic’ to the quasi-calligraphic works they were creating and sending out to various poetry magazines at the time.
Originally published at https://www.samwoolfe.com on September 27, 2021.
Sam Woolfe
I'm a freelance writer who is interested in philosophy, ethics, psychology, and mental health. Website: www.samwoolfe.com
