246 | The Lacking
The Minimalists
Joshua Fields Millburn
4.7 • 11.2K Ratings
🗓️ 4 August 2020
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Joshua and Ryan discuss the fear of missing out (FOMO), the joy of missing out (JOMO), and how to be content in the midst of uncertainty with author, theologian, and philosopher Peter Rollins, and they answer the following questions:
What is ‘the lack’? (03:51)
What is the difference between freedom and determinism? (04:58)
What are hypothetical and categorical imperatives? (06:27)
Can too much freedom cause anxiety? (11:52)
How do I find satisfaction with my current situation rather than constantly searching for something new? (13:40)
What is the difference between desire and drive? (15:50)
Why do most of us seem to crave change? (23:12)
What is the burden of freedom? (24:20)
What is the ‘lack of the secret’ compared to the ‘secret of the lack’? (27:37)
How can I curb my constant desire for new things? (32:09)
Is our desire for the new related to our past? (33:46)
What is guilt? (38:48)
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of The Minimists is brought to you by... |
| 0:02.7 | Nobody. |
| 0:03.7 | Because advertisements suck. |
| 0:06.2 | Da Minimists. |
| 0:30.0 | Just feeding your greed, or I bet that you'll be fine without it. |
| 0:39.5 | Hello, Simpletons. |
| 0:41.5 | Welcome to The Minimists Podcast. |
| 0:42.8 | We discuss what it means to live a meaningful life with less. |
| 0:45.3 | My name is Joshua Fields-Milburn. |
| 0:46.6 | And I'm Ryan Nicodemus, and together we are the minimalist. |
| 0:49.3 | I feel like we need advertisements suck jingle. |
| 0:52.1 | We do? |
| 0:52.6 | Yeah. |
| 0:53.1 | Or we could pay for it. |
| 0:54.1 | Yeah, we could pay for it. |
| 0:55.1 | Alright, move. |
| 0:56.1 | We'll get like Canyon City to come up with a... |
| 0:59.6 | A jingle for us. |
| 1:00.6 | Well, we're here with our returning champion, Peter Rollins, is in the studio. |
| 1:04.3 | Has anybody been more than three times? |
| 1:06.3 | So my... |
| 1:07.1 | Only TK Coleman, I think. |
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