Going Alone

A Stoic theory of life adventure

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    STOIC POETRY | Ulysses' Ride - A will-less venture into new life
    Kurt Bell
    • Dec 31, 2019
    • 3 min

    STOIC POETRY | Ulysses' Ride - A will-less venture into new life

    Exploring the livelihood and consequence of living with an awareness that free will may be a quite compelling illusion.
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    STOIC POETRY | My first time using faith...
    Kurt Bell
    • Sep 18, 2019
    • 3 min

    STOIC POETRY | My first time using faith...

    September 18, 2019 Dear Eric, I weaponized faith for the first time yesterday. Well, maybe that's too strong a word. But that's how it...
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    STOIC POETRY | Agent in a vacuum
    Kurt Bell
    • Sep 2, 2019
    • 3 min

    STOIC POETRY | Agent in a vacuum

    September 2, 2019 Dear Eric, How much vacuum - if any - is necessary to discover free will? How much of the "substrate" of the universe
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    STOIC POETRY | Acquiring a position of faith
    Kurt Bell
    • Aug 31, 2019
    • 2 min

    STOIC POETRY | Acquiring a position of faith

    August 31, 2019 Eric, You're not going to believe this... But I've become one of the faithful. Yup. It happened yesterday, about an hour
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    STOIC POETRY | A ripple upon the sea
    Kurt Bell
    • Aug 30, 2019
    • 3 min

    STOIC POETRY | A ripple upon the sea

    August 30, 2019 Dear Eric, I've written to you a few times on the subject of free will - or rather, my perceived lack thereof. I've a thou
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    STOIC POETRY | Explaining "The Pirate Ride"
    Kurt Bell
    • Aug 29, 2019
    • 2 min

    STOIC POETRY | Explaining "The Pirate Ride"

    August 29, 2019 Dear Eric, Let me try to explain The Good Life principle I call "The Pirate Ride." Imagine yourself on an amusement park att
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    STOIC POETRY | The Homunculus meets The Pirate Ride
    Kurt Bell
    • Aug 28, 2019
    • 3 min

    STOIC POETRY | The Homunculus meets The Pirate Ride

    August 28, 2019 Dear Eric, So, if we don't have free will, then what do we make of this parade of a seemingly free and willful life?
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    STOIC POETRY | Giving in to fancy
    Kurt Bell
    • Aug 26, 2019
    • 2 min

    STOIC POETRY | Giving in to fancy

    August 26, 2019 Dear Eric, My suspicion that free will is an illusion is a curious specimen. You know how I don't like resting my hat on i
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    STOIC POETRY | The illusion of free will
    Kurt Bell
    • Aug 15, 2019
    • 2 min

    STOIC POETRY | The illusion of free will

    August 15, 2019 Dear Eric, I think I've made up my mind regarding free will... I don't think we have it. I think free will is an illusion
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    ABOUT

    Going Alone was begun by Kurt Bell in an effort to help others understand and manage  the recognition of the apparent indifference of the universe to our well being, happiness or even our existence, and to find ways to make a good life in spite of this fact.

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