PinnedYusuf JohnsonIs Pleasure Anything More than the Absence of Pain?A brief investigation into the composition of pain and pleasure yields useful ideas by which one can improve thier life.Jan 9, 20232Jan 9, 20232
Yusuf JohnsonA Revealing Resistance to MonogamyI have found a concerning contradiction in my person. It seems the product of an internalized misogyny. I find the idea of monogamy deeply…Feb 27Feb 27
Yusuf JohnsonThere’s No Such Thing as a Life Better than Yours.The absurdity of “self-improvement.”Dec 7, 2023Dec 7, 2023
Yusuf JohnsonHumean Causation and the Veracity of “Ignorance is Bliss”Randomness and chance don’t exist. Rather, they are imagined ideas by which we cope with our ignorance.Mar 9, 2023Mar 9, 2023
Yusuf JohnsonLife’s Harmony: Avoiding Pain and Pursuing PleasureConsidering different conceptions of pain and pleasure.Feb 22, 20231Feb 22, 20231
Yusuf JohnsonThinking Got Me Into This, But I’m Still Determined to Think My Way OutThe paradox of self-reflection.Jan 19, 2023Jan 19, 2023
Yusuf JohnsonThe Current State of My Evolving Life PhilosophyIt seems to me that all of human action aims towards a single unconditional good. This good is pleasure…Jan 5, 20233Jan 5, 20233