rich 1.0 Mark and Mary are joined by Andrea, an Italian teacher (https://www.udemy.com/user/andrea-roccella/) with a broad performing background who's written a book of philosophical, poetic aphorisms called Think Town (https://insidethinktown.com/) : self-help reflections and directives about fear, ego, happiness, etc. There's a long history of aphorisms in philosophy, and philosophy invented the self-help genre, but how does philosophy work given the lack of argumentation? We explore the monster under the bed, AI agents, making philosophy personally applicable, being receptive, DOT ego secretions, and more. Hear more at philosophyimprov.com (http://philosophyimprov.com/) . Support the podcast and listen ad-free at philosophyimprov.com/support (https://philosophyimprov.com/support) . The Partially Examined Life https://audioboom.com/channels/1416170-the-partially-examined-life Audioboom https://audioboom.com 480 95 https://audioboom.com/i/43685661/600x600/c 600 600 <iframe width="100%" height="95" src="https://embeds.audioboom.com/posts/8913511/embed?v=202301" style="background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; width: 100%" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="allowtransparency" scrolling="no" title="Audioboom player" allow="autoplay" sandbox="allow-downloads allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation"></iframe>