Nov 10, 2022
“With enough curiosity,
self-confidence is irrelevant.”
Tinkered Thinking is a writer, artist, author and creator. He is
also the worthy winner of our ‘White
Mirror’ competition.
His writing includes a series of ‘Lucilius Parables’, short stories
dispersed throughout time and space designed to help readers
reconceptualise their experience of being alive.
He joined the show to discuss writing, technology, curiosity,
optimism and MUCH more!
Important Links:
- Website
-
Twitter
- The Lucilius Parables, Volume
I
- The Lucilius Parables, Volume
II
-
The Century of the Self: Happiness Machines - Adam
Curtis
Show
Notes:
- The origin of
Lucilius
- Why write short
stories?
- Fear and human
nature
- Technology, progress and
optimism
- Where is the positive poetry of
today?
- The momentum
metric
- How to rebrand
Guatemala
- White Mirror
- Choose your
disposition
- The power of
curiosity
- The question as a
concept
- Hope grows foolish with no
doing
Books
Mentioned:
- The Lucilius Parables, Volume I;
by Tinkered Thinking
- The Lucilius Parables, Volume II;
by Tinkered Thinking
- The Elegant Universe:
Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate
Theory; by Brian Greene
- The Fifth Science; by
Exurb1a
- Foundation; by Isaac
Asimov
- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle
Maintenance; by Bob Pirsig
- The Beginning of Infinity; by
David Deutsch
- Language in Thought and Action;
by S.I. Hayakawa
- Screw the Zoo: Escape From Your
Cage, Free Your Mind, and Take Over the World; by Sam
McRoberts
- Unflattening; by Nick
Sousanis
- Atomic Habits; by James
Clear
- The Power of Habit; by Charles
Duhigg
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the
Galaxy; by Douglas Adams
- The Egg; by Andy
Weir
- The Varieties of Religious
Experience by William James
- Awakening: Conversations with the
Masters; by Anthony De Mello
- Spiritually Incorrect Enlightenment; by Jed McKenna