Benjamin KosowskyReflections & Advice on CollegeIt has been quite a while since my last blog post, and frankly, I have not been too active on my medium page thus far in 2020. However, I…Sep 29, 2020Sep 29, 2020
Benjamin KosowskySocial CurrencyDuring this time of quarantine, I have been able to reflect on the massive structural issues that face our society and the world at large…Jun 15, 2020Jun 15, 2020
Benjamin Kosowsky13 Virtues: Some rules for living a ‘better’ lifeMy aim in writing this post was to formulate a list of things, ‘virtues’, that I cherish. These virtues were originally an assortment of…May 22, 2020May 22, 2020
Benjamin KosowskyWhy change is required at Olin (and likely at other Universities across America):Olin has failed to break into the top caliber of schools and continues to struggle to place students at top firms post-graduationApr 16, 2020Apr 16, 2020
Benjamin KosowskyBroken News: A quick look at the state of our news organizations and how we got there“The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate…Feb 10, 2020Feb 10, 2020
Benjamin KosowskyYou, Your Memories, and YouWhat makes you the very person who you are? I think there are undoubtedly several individuating factors, but one very critical factor in…Jan 19, 2020Jan 19, 2020
Benjamin KosowskyA story of contradictions: A brief look into political philosophy“All for one and one for all, united we stand divided we fall.”Dec 6, 2019Dec 6, 2019
Benjamin KosowskyPart 4: How to live a meaningful lifeTo recap: last time I described my views of the “good life,” particularly, a combination of pleasure (both higher and lower pleasures) and…Nov 23, 2019Nov 23, 2019
Benjamin KosowskyDevelopment of the Mind and ‘Religion’: a quick break from thoughts on lived experienceIn working on my 3rd post in the series “thoughts on lived experience,” I kept coming back to the question of how the human mind developed…Nov 5, 2019Nov 5, 2019
Benjamin KosowskyThoughts on life Part 2: GoalsLast time, I wrote about the power of contrastivism and how it helps us frame the question “what am I doing in life, as opposed to all of…Oct 24, 2019Oct 24, 2019