Month: September 2019
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On Psychedelics And The Orange Meme
Not long ago, another man living in New York, this one in his mid-50s and working in investment banking, took a trip upstate on one Friday. This man, who’s pretty polymathic, is a scientific rationalist, mostly. He was to be away for three days at an event where psychedelics would be taken on Saturday, and…
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The Fear of Death, The Meaning Crisis, And The Orange Meme
I recently had a philosophical conversation with a lovely and intelligent man, someone I’m quite fond of, someone who’s a co-founder living in New York. For quite a while, he’s been afraid of his own death and of the death of those he loves. The philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein once wrote, “A picture held us captive.…
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My TEDxABQ Talk Transcript
In September 2018, about a year ago now, I gave a TEDxABQ talk on Total Work. The organization’s posting the videos on YouTube has been delayed time and again. Since I’m not sure, at this point, whether they will be released, I thought it could make sense to include a copy of the talk transcript…
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‘No One Thing Can Do It All’: On The Limits Of Spirituality
I used to think that philosophy as a way of life could do it all. Later on, I was disabused of this illusion. Then I thought that contemplative philosophy was in the service of spirituality and that, together, they would suffice. I still believe the former claim but not the latter, and now I see…
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My Musing Mind Podcast Interview: “Finding a New Center”
I recently spoke with Oshan Jarow on his Musing Mind Podcast. What’s lovely about his podcast is that its focus is on the connection between worldly questions (those of economics, politics, and culture) and contemplative questions (those having to do with meditation, consciousness, and so on). You can listen to the interview here. Below, I include…
Andrew Taggart, Ph.D. 
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