Evan Hadkins’s Articles at Psychology, Philosophy and Real Life, Page 4

I think that to have a satisfying life means having a sense of who we are, what our current situation is like, how these match and what we can do about any mismatches.

As we make friends with someone we usually get a better sense of what their words mean. We get a sense of our friend’s internal world. We get a sense of where their words come from.

It seems to me that a good life is a mix of these three realms: the sensual enjoyment of the physical, the pleasure of discovering and expressing our uniqueness and the delight we take in what is beyond ourselves.

I think that values can affect our relationship with technology in two ways: the why and the how.

Perhaps next time I will be successful… Perhaps it will only take once more…. How would you feel if you stopped just before you were going to be successful and so robbed yourself of what you had been hoping for…?