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2 days ago | 
lessfoolish.substack.com | Peter Limberg
This entry is part of a series on “Less Foolishism”: Part 1. Inquiring with Unknowing. Part 2: Practical Metaphilosophy. Part 3: Core Techniques. This series is about the practical philosophy that helps guide my life. I felt called to write it so I could speak more clearly about it, especially since I’ll soon be on the Coaches Rising podcast. Its host, , is specifically curious about what philosophical inquiry is.
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1 week ago | 
lessfoolish.substack.com | Peter Limberg
This entry is part of a series on “Less Foolishism”: Part 1. Inquiring with Unknowing. Part 2: Practical Metaphilosophy. Part 3: Core Techniques. , founded in 1923, is the longest-running general philosophy journal. One of its mottos is: “Saving philosophy from the academy since 1923.”Its 100th birthday issue asks the question: Where is philosophy going?
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1 week ago | 
lessfoolish.substack.com | Peter Limberg
On multiple occasions, I received the feedback that I “punch above my weight” in terms of my online activities. Meaning, I somehow manage to get “big names” on my YouTube channel without having tremendous metrics (around 40k subscriptions when I last checked). I’ll share my secrets today.
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2 weeks ago | 
lessfoolish.substack.com | Peter Limberg
This entry is part of a series on “Less Foolishism”: Part 1. Inquiring with Unknowing. Part 2: Practical Metaphilosophy. Part 3: Core Techniques. I recently read what actor Ted Danson said to Kelsey Grammer when he turned 40: “You know what it means, don't you? Now that you're 40, it means you're finally worth having a conversation with.”That felt resonant, and it reminded me of what Carl Jung once said: “Life really does begin at forty.
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3 weeks ago | 
lessfoolish.substack.com | Peter Limberg
A reader asked me the following question:How do you begin embodying your philosophy when you've been disembodied for so long--and when there's so much philosophy still to learn? I understand where he’s coming from. It’s this... Or this:My response:A few thoughts…Firstly, if you haven’t already, feel what it’s like to simply be embodied before trying to embody a philosophy. Meaning: know what it’s like to truly feel something.
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3 weeks ago | 
lessfoolish.substack.com | Peter Limberg
This entry is part of a series on “Wise Agency”: Part 1. How To Win Friends and Get Things Done ... With Wisdom? Part 2. High Agency to Wise Agency. Part 3. The Emergent Sage. I wrote an entry last week called “How to Win Friends and Get Things Done ... With Wisdom?”, wherein I created the following 2×2. The main reason I wrote the entry is because the word “agency,” or “high agency,” is all the rage today. Just go search the term on X and you’ll see what I mean.
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4 weeks ago | 
lessfoolish.substack.com | Peter Limberg
I have a mysterious, esoteric inquiry practice that I can’t quite find the right name for (basically, I just say “I do coaching” when speaking with normal people). My specialty is untying what I call “existential knots” (x-knots). I originally defined an x-knot as:An existential knot is an issue that feels deeply personal, most saliently experienced as a felt sense, and accompanied by great difficulty in coherently describing what the issue actually is.
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1 month ago | 
lessfoolish.substack.com | Peter Limberg
One of my friends likes to call me “jazzy” because of my eclectic intellectual interests. I like the description. This Substack is pretty jazzy—sexbots, sociopaths, scenemaking, entities, goofies, etc. I see Less Foolish as a mix of practical philosophy and cultural sensemaking: the former helps me navigate life wisely (or at least less foolishly), and the latter helps me understand what’s happening in the wider world, supporting that same navigation.
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1 month ago | 
lessfoolish.substack.com | Peter Limberg
Hey all,A quick note before today’s entry: if you missed the last one, I shared a bit about The Stoa’s history, announced its return as a semi-public space (after a year of being private), and mentioned that I’ll be remotely presenting at Harvard University this Saturday—bringing The Stoa with me. The Inverse Course: Teaching Through Unknowing. May 3rd @ 11 AM Eastern. RSVP here.
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1 month ago | 
lessfoolish.substack.com | Peter Limberg
The Stoa is coming to Harvard. I’ll be remotely presenting during the “unconference” portion of the upcoming Human Transformation in a Time of Metacrisis, taking place May 2–3. Friends of The Stoa will be there, including Zak Stein, , and . My talk is titled The Inverse Course: Learning Through Unknowningness. I’ll explore the concept of the inverse course, which I’ve been experimenting with, as well as the future of The Stoa. The session starts at 11 AM Eastern.