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You can check out Pursuit of Wonder’s new book here: NEW MERCH: ? PATREON: [ MUSIC: @Housecat00 TWITTER: []() EDITING & MUSIC By HOUSECAT: @housecat00 Chapters: 00:00 Is he stupid? 02:07 Learned Helplessness & The Absurd 05:34 Acceptance & Amor Fati 07:20 The Self As Context & Taoist Identity 09:42 Commitment & Flow Psychology 15:00 The Will To Happiness 18:00 Between Yes & No SOURCES Camus, A. (2000). The myth of Sisyphus (J. O’Brien, Trans.). Penguin Classics. Zaretsky, R. (2013). A life worth living: Albert Camus and the Quest for Meaning. Cambridge : Harvard University Press, Overmier JB, Seligman ME. Effects of inescapable shock upon subsequent escape and avoidance responding. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology. 1967;63:28–33.  [PubMed] [Google Scholar] Benson, J. S., & Kennelly, K. J. Learned helplessness: The result of uncontrollable reinforcements or uncontrollable aversive stimuli? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1976, 34, 138-145. Au TK. Counterfactual reasoning. In: Semin GR, Fiedler K, editors. ”Language, interaction and social cognition. Sage; Thousand Oaks, CA: 1992. pp. 194–213. [Google Scholar] Hayes SC, Wilson KG. Experiential avoidance and behavioral disorders: A functional dimensional approach to diagnosis and treatment. Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology. 1996;64(6):1152–68.  Hayes SC, Luoma JB, Bond FW, Masuda A, Lillis J. Acceptance and commitment therapy: Model, processes and outcomes. Behaviour research and therapy. 2006;44(1):1–25. Hayes SC, Strosahl KD, Wilson KG. Acceptance and commitment therapy: An experiential approach to behavior change. Encyclopedia of Psychotherapy. 2000;32(1):1–8. Nietzsche, Friedrich. The Gay Science. IV, §341. Moeller, H. & D’Ambrosio, P. (2017). Genuine Pretending: On the Philosophy of the Zhuangzi. New York Chichester, West Sussex: Columbia University Press.  Csikszentmihalyi M. (1990). Flow : the psychology of optimal experience (First). Harper & Row. Frankl, V. E. (1992). Man’s search for meaning: An introduction to logotherapy (4th ed.) (I. Lasch, Trans.). Beacon Press. Link between flow, buddhism and absurdism inspired by this great piece of writing: