David Chapman

@meaningness.bsky.social

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I write and podcast at https://meaningness.substack.com/ about: * Understanding meaning, purpose, and culture * Leveling up technical work by going beyond formal rationality * Vajrayana: the life-affirming branch of Buddhism

What is learning math good for? — Robert Kegan and “meaning-making” — Existentialism’s error — Narcissism and tyranny — How can we avoid radical relativism? — My experience of teaching

This is the video from my January 2025 monthly AMA (“Ask Me Anything”).

Philosophy is bad. We can do better without it. In fact, we usually already do.