Alex O'Connor
3 things Alex uses or recommends, from 1 episode.
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Recommends it · 1 episode
"Michael Pollan's recent book is brilliant, talking about, you know, watching time-lapses of plants growing and watching how they move and being like, dude, like these things... I don't think they feel pain. I don't think they have a conscious awareness or anything, but there's something weird going on there, man."
Recommends it · 1 episode
"It's just gratitude. That's why I'm a big fan of a secular grace. I love the idea of, before you're about to eat some food, just take a minute and just be grateful for the fact that you are where you are. You know, people call it mindfulness, right?"
Recommends it · 1 episode
"What is it like to be a bat? And he asks that question because... the question is what is it like to be a bat for the bat? And the conclusion of the essay, which I recommend everyone reads, is like there's no way to know that except from the inside."
All 3 of Alex's picks
- Michael Pollan's recent book Recommends it "Michael Pollan's recent book is brilliant, talking about, you know, watching time-lapses of plants growing and watching how they move and being like, dude, like these things... I don't think they feel pain. I don't think they have a conscious awareness or anything, but there's something weird going on there, man." Only Alex
- Secular grace Recommends it "It's just gratitude. That's why I'm a big fan of a secular grace. I love the idea of, before you're about to eat some food, just take a minute and just be grateful for the fact that you are where you are. You know, people call it mindfulness, right?" Only Alex
- What Is It Like to Be a Bat? Recommends it "What is it like to be a bat? And he asks that question because... the question is what is it like to be a bat for the bat? And the conclusion of the essay, which I recommend everyone reads, is like there's no way to know that except from the inside." Only Alex