wu wei = "don't force anything"?

[everything]

for some reason (tik tok trends?), alan watts is seemingly popular again

[GrahamB]

Alan Watts is currently advertising cruises in the UK right now.

Not sure he thought that's what he'd end up doing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9LBmKnfWUQ

[everything]

I guess a cruise is a good place for people to learn to stop "forcing everything".

[everything]

slightly more seriously, he was a good looking man with a nice speaking voice and a message to try to give people in the West. maybe especially young kids doing nothing but mindlessly scrolling tiktok (ok I do a lot of mindless scrolling of RSF and youtube), having a lot of anxiety, pondering their life in an adolescent or first-quarter-life crisis, could use his soothing voice and ruminations on Eastern philosophies as a sort of "gateway drug". it's strange that little sound bites of him seem made for this use case (I don't use tiktok so just guessing).

[RickMatz]

Alan Watts is currently advertising cruises in the UK right now.

Not sure he thought that's what he'd end up doing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9LBmKnfWUQ

Say what you want about Alan Watts, he sounds pretty good inspite of being dead for almost 50 years.

[wayne hansen]

The life he lived and the story he told dont always match up

[RickMatz]

The life he lived and the story he told dont always match up

He was a good writer, but a poor example.

[Quigga]

Hey Rick, when I click the first link in your signature I only have the option to start a new fundraiser.