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January 2025

December 2024

Rational Values Give You Resolutions for Life
To be truly motivated to see a resolution through, you need to know what rational values you intend to spend your life achieving and how the resolution…
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Thomas Walker-Werth
Reason for Living Book Update and New Video Content
The test-reader draft of the book is now complete, and I have a new video out about the ideas behind Reason for Living and what's coming in 2025.
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Thomas Walker-Werth
The Good, The Bad, and Moana
Moana 2, although not an especially bad film, is symptomatic a range of serious problems in our culture.
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Thomas Walker-Werth

November 2024

Deeper Dive: Arbitrary Dreams and Fantasies
In this deeper dive, I explore the ways in which arbitrary dreams and fantasies can impair our ability to enjoy life and pursue rational goals.
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Thomas Walker-Werth
Liberate Your Mind by Rejecting the Arbitrary
Rejecting ideas that are not based on evidence can clarify your thinking and free yourself from all manner of needless anxiety.
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Thomas Walker-Werth
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When Should You ‘Follow Your Gut’?
Our subconscious ideas and feelings can be enormously helpful—or hugely destructive—depending on the conscious thinking that informs them.
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Thomas Walker-Werth
Politics and Living Your Best Life
Too much politics is bad for your mental health. But if we want to live lives based on rational values, we must engage in politics—in a certain way.
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Thomas Walker-Werth

October 2024

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