Sardonically Speaking!
What Socrates, Stand-up Comedians, and Rappers Have in Common
Excerpt from my book Sardonically Speaking. A book about philosophy in the marketplace, and the importance of taking oneself less seriously.
Introduction
This is a short book that will get you to think about the importance of not taking things all too seriously, the need to be laid-back in your quest for the “good” life, and why it is essential that we occasionally challenge and laugh at ourselves. The chapters are organized in several interrelated but stand-alone essays, making it easier for you to jump back and forth between them at your convenience.
The main premise of my project is that real philosophers are ones who question the status quo of any system, in addition to collective and social norms and traditions that are passed on through generations without being properly contested.
What differentiates genuine philosophers from what I will call herein “abstractive hippies,” is that the former are genuinely interested in seeking a…
