Looking Back from a Higher Level Topics discussed: Why Socrates liked talking to people of old age Ways in which Ray's view of life is similar to and/or different from Stoicism, Hedonism, Pessimism Stoicism: the good life is one in accordance with the rational order of things Hedonism: the good life is the maximization of happiness. Happiness is pleasure and the absence of pain. Pessimism: life isn't good. Life is the continual strive to satisfy desires but then when we do we're left unhappy. Pessimism as exemplified in Miley Cyrus's song "The Climb" Ray's claims that being rich and famous are only minimally beneficial in living the good life, and frequently detract from it Podcasts mentioned: "Bottom of the Curve" (https://hiphination.org/complete-season-two-episodes/s2-episode-1-the-bottom-of-the-curve-oct-31st-2017/), Hi-Phi Nation podcast episode on the mid-life crisis and telic vs atelic desires Books mentioned: Principles, Ray Dalio (https://amzn.to/2Z4dnXl) Republic, Plato (Translated by Allen Bloom) (https://amzn.to/2zb3ojy) Man's Search for Meaning, Viktor Frankl (https://amzn.to/2Z5di5F) Essays and Aphorisms, Arthur Schopenhauer (https://amzn.to/2KIyqG6) (Includes the article "On the Vanity of Existence") Join us on our subreddit dailosprinciples (https://www.reddit.com/r/daliosprinciples/) Follow us on Twitter @MicahBaize (https://twitter.com/micahbaize) @JohnSextro (https://twitter.com/johnsextro)