Good morning everybody. Hope you're doing well. Last question in the last

tranche of questions, but you'll feel free to submit more questions at freedomman. Locals

dot com. How to use philosophy not just to one, avert disaster, but two, to live a

great life. A few episodes ago,

episodes ago, the one where Steph mentioned,

don't just be a tinkerer, he also mentioned that many people have successfully

impelanted philosophy into their lives and were able to realize the situation they're in and get out to avert disaster, which is great.

How to progress from there from that middle ground and continue implementing philosophy to build a truly great life. It seems, one,

averting disaster is more about removing your blind so you're able to see the mess you're in

and get out, whereas two, building a great life is more subtle than nuanced and

requires more deliberate quote work.

Well obviously averting disaster is easier than living a great life. I mean, fairly obvious to say, right?

Not getting in a car crash is easier than winning a gold medal.

Not getting fat is easier than getting ripped. So I mean obviously the first thing you need to do is a bit disaster.

See disaster is determinism.

Disasters are determinism.

Disasters are the opposite of free will in many ways.

And so if you want to have free will in your life,

and you want to be able to make choices,

then the first thing you need to do is to avoid disaster.

To take a simple analogy, if you get drunk, foolishly,

evilly, and illegally get behind the wheel of a car,

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