Skye Cleary
@skyecleary.bsky.social
Author of How to Be Authentic, Existentialism & Romantic Love, How to Live a Good Life. Thinking Partner at Philosophy at Work. DJ.
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“If we care about our happiness, we must fight against beasts such as apathy.” | iai.tv/articles/hap...
@skyecleary.bsky.social writes how happiness can be a form of resistance against the injustice and absurdity of life.
#socsky #psychsky
@skyecleary.bsky.social writes how happiness can be a form of resistance against the injustice and absurdity of life.
#socsky #psychsky
Happiness as a form of resistance | Skye Cleary
Is it right to be happy in a world that’s broken? That’s the question Simone de Beauvoir went to Albert Camus with. Beauvoir was worrying that being focussed on one’s own happiness meant one had to…
iai.tv
August 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
“If we care about our happiness, we must fight against beasts such as apathy.” | iai.tv/articles/hap...
@skyecleary.bsky.social writes how happiness can be a form of resistance against the injustice and absurdity of life.
#socsky #psychsky
@skyecleary.bsky.social writes how happiness can be a form of resistance against the injustice and absurdity of life.
#socsky #psychsky
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Also want to publicly thank @eschwitz.bsky.social, @skyecleary.bsky.social, and Ned Adams for their very generous back-cover blurbs!
It is UK publication day for "The Magic Kingdom and the Meaning of Life" (from @politybooks.bsky.social). I guess it's a strange time for a book about Disney to arrive in the world, but this project means a lot to me, and I'm really proud of it. www.wiley.com/en-ie/The+Ma...
The Magic Kingdom and the Meaning of Life: A Philosopher Visits Disney World
What truths and life lessons can we take away from a seemingly trivial theme park in Orlando, Florida? <br /><br />Father and philosopher Adam Kadlac reflects on his own visits to Walt Disney World, a...
www.wiley.com
September 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Also want to publicly thank @eschwitz.bsky.social, @skyecleary.bsky.social, and Ned Adams for their very generous back-cover blurbs!
Just got tix to Waiting for Godot! But I have to wait for Waiting for Godot until September. I wonder if September will arrive, or the performance will, or I will. Feeling very meta.
April 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Just got tix to Waiting for Godot! But I have to wait for Waiting for Godot until September. I wonder if September will arrive, or the performance will, or I will. Feeling very meta.
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Can St Teresa guide us to inner peace? Can Christian Ethics provide secular comfort? @skyecleary.bsky.social @psyche.co psyche.co/ideas/how-to...
How to find inner peace like Saint Teresa of Ávila | Psyche Ideas
The 16th-century ‘spiritual rock-star’ shows how seeing your soul as a castle can be a source of strength and consolation
psyche.co
April 15, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Can St Teresa guide us to inner peace? Can Christian Ethics provide secular comfort? @skyecleary.bsky.social @psyche.co psyche.co/ideas/how-to...
Timeline cleanse: crows can do geometry. I thought we already knew crows were super smart but happy to know they can do mathematics.
A crow's math skills include geometry
Crows in a lab were able to distinguish shapes that exhibited right angles, parallel lines, and symmetry, suggesting that, like humans, they have a special ability to perceive geometric regularity.
www.npr.org
April 14, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Timeline cleanse: crows can do geometry. I thought we already knew crows were super smart but happy to know they can do mathematics.
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This 16th-century ‘spiritual rock-star’ shows how seeing your soul as a castle can be a source of strength and consolation. Learn how to find inner peace like Teresa of Ávila @skyecleary.bsky.social
How to find inner peace like Saint Teresa of Ávila | Psyche Ideas
The 16th-century ‘spiritual rock-star’ shows how seeing your soul as a castle can be a source of strength and consolation
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April 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This 16th-century ‘spiritual rock-star’ shows how seeing your soul as a castle can be a source of strength and consolation. Learn how to find inner peace like Teresa of Ávila @skyecleary.bsky.social
St Teresa has been on my radar for ages, ever since I read about her in Simone de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex so many years ago. I finally spent some time thinking about her and this is what I learned:
psyche.co/ideas/how-to...
psyche.co/ideas/how-to...
April 9, 2025 at 12:20 PM
St Teresa has been on my radar for ages, ever since I read about her in Simone de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex so many years ago. I finally spent some time thinking about her and this is what I learned:
psyche.co/ideas/how-to...
psyche.co/ideas/how-to...
Book club in May! Deets coming soon 📖
April 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Book club in May! Deets coming soon 📖
On churros & the meaning of life (new favorite poem 💕)
April 8, 2025 at 8:57 PM
On churros & the meaning of life (new favorite poem 💕)
A small reprieve in an absurd world. Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature at @metmuseum.org did not disappoint. Also new socks 😍 to “remind me how small I am, but also how miraculous this life is.” - Alua Arthur on encountering Wanderer above the Sea of Fog
March 26, 2025 at 12:49 PM
A small reprieve in an absurd world. Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature at @metmuseum.org did not disappoint. Also new socks 😍 to “remind me how small I am, but also how miraculous this life is.” - Alua Arthur on encountering Wanderer above the Sea of Fog
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Simone de Beauvoir famously asked if it is right to be happy in a world that’s broken. | iai.tv/articles/hap...
@skyecleary.bsky.social writes how happiness can be a form of resistance against the injustice and absurdity of life.
#langsky
@skyecleary.bsky.social writes how happiness can be a form of resistance against the injustice and absurdity of life.
#langsky
Happiness as a form of resistance | Skye Cleary
Is it right to be happy in a world that’s broken? That’s the question Simone de Beauvoir went to Albert Camus with. Beauvoir was worrying that being focussed on one’s own happiness meant one had to…
iai.tv
March 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Simone de Beauvoir famously asked if it is right to be happy in a world that’s broken. | iai.tv/articles/hap...
@skyecleary.bsky.social writes how happiness can be a form of resistance against the injustice and absurdity of life.
#langsky
@skyecleary.bsky.social writes how happiness can be a form of resistance against the injustice and absurdity of life.
#langsky
My two rescue bunnies were so thumping mad about their vet visit today that the doctor gave me bunny xanax (gabapentin) for next time. She hasn’t forgiven me & here’s her I’ll-tolerate-your-proximity-but-you’re-not-allowed-to-pat-me-because-I’m-still-a-bit-mad-and-don’t-trust-you-right-now look
March 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
My two rescue bunnies were so thumping mad about their vet visit today that the doctor gave me bunny xanax (gabapentin) for next time. She hasn’t forgiven me & here’s her I’ll-tolerate-your-proximity-but-you’re-not-allowed-to-pat-me-because-I’m-still-a-bit-mad-and-don’t-trust-you-right-now look
One of my favorite things about being an Australian in the US is being asked to explain to Americans what budgie smugglers are.
So a budgie is short for budgerigar which is like a small parakeet native to Australia. Now, imagine...
And watching them be like:
So a budgie is short for budgerigar which is like a small parakeet native to Australia. Now, imagine...
And watching them be like:
March 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
One of my favorite things about being an Australian in the US is being asked to explain to Americans what budgie smugglers are.
So a budgie is short for budgerigar which is like a small parakeet native to Australia. Now, imagine...
And watching them be like:
So a budgie is short for budgerigar which is like a small parakeet native to Australia. Now, imagine...
And watching them be like:
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Word of the Day is ‘ingordigiousness’ (18th century): extreme greed at the expense of principles.
February 26, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Word of the Day is ‘ingordigiousness’ (18th century): extreme greed at the expense of principles.
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Everything is bad
BP, the energy giant, on Wednesday said it would increase spending on oil and gas while sharply paring back investments on various forms of clean energy.
BP to ‘Fundamentally Reset’ Strategy in Shift Back to Oil and Gas
The energy giant said it would cut planned investments in clean energy and redirect spending toward fossil fuels.
www.nytimes.com
February 26, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Everything is bad
And bootlegging some Foot for my management class tomorrow with The Good Place. Haven’t yet decided whether to include the Beast Games S7 train of elimination. Painful to watch such a blatant metaphor for our current hellscape 💔
February 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
And bootlegging some Foot for my management class tomorrow with The Good Place. Haven’t yet decided whether to include the Beast Games S7 train of elimination. Painful to watch such a blatant metaphor for our current hellscape 💔
Bootlegging a little Buber into my leadership class :)
February 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Bootlegging a little Buber into my leadership class :)
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"and what is your field of expertise?"
me:
me:
February 25, 2025 at 5:14 AM
"and what is your field of expertise?"
me:
me:
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Nihilism: nothing matters
Absurdism: nothing matters, but in a cool way.
Existentialism: freely choose among all the various things that don't matter!
Absurdism: nothing matters, but in a cool way.
Existentialism: freely choose among all the various things that don't matter!
February 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Nihilism: nothing matters
Absurdism: nothing matters, but in a cool way.
Existentialism: freely choose among all the various things that don't matter!
Absurdism: nothing matters, but in a cool way.
Existentialism: freely choose among all the various things that don't matter!
Unpopular trivial opinion: Toblerone would be better without the nougat.
February 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Unpopular trivial opinion: Toblerone would be better without the nougat.
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Don't miss this week's new episode, in which Amy Olberding discussed Confucian ethics, in an interview centering on the idea that etiquette and rudeness are fundamental moral concepts:
www.historyofphilosophy.net/confucian-et...
#confucianism #philsky #podcasts #hopwag
www.historyofphilosophy.net/confucian-et...
#confucianism #philsky #podcasts #hopwag
23. Amy Olberding on Confucian Ethics | History of Philosophy without any gaps
www.historyofphilosophy.net
February 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Don't miss this week's new episode, in which Amy Olberding discussed Confucian ethics, in an interview centering on the idea that etiquette and rudeness are fundamental moral concepts:
www.historyofphilosophy.net/confucian-et...
#confucianism #philsky #podcasts #hopwag
www.historyofphilosophy.net/confucian-et...
#confucianism #philsky #podcasts #hopwag
This tee used to make me laugh but now not so much seriously, what the 🦆
February 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This tee used to make me laugh but now not so much seriously, what the 🦆
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The MIT Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science is a growing resource, expertly edited and designed, with high quality contributors (OK OK I am one of them) oecs.mit.edu
Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science
The Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science is a new, multidisciplinary guide to understanding the mind: a freely-available, growing collection of peer-reviewed articles introducing key topics to a bro...
oecs.mit.edu
February 11, 2025 at 9:59 AM
The MIT Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science is a growing resource, expertly edited and designed, with high quality contributors (OK OK I am one of them) oecs.mit.edu
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Mary Midgley and @philosophellie.bsky.social in Aeon!
aeon.co/essays/for-m...
@aeon.co
#philosophy #philsky
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#philosophy #philsky
For Mary Midgley, philosophy must be entangled in daily life | Aeon Essays
For Mary Midgley, the Western philosophical tradition is shaped by the fact that its greatest practitioners were bachelors
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February 11, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Mary Midgley and @philosophellie.bsky.social in Aeon!
aeon.co/essays/for-m...
@aeon.co
#philosophy #philsky
aeon.co/essays/for-m...
@aeon.co
#philosophy #philsky
Introducing my little coworking buddy Beans who likes hanging out by my desk 🥰 #BunsOfBlueSky #BeansDay #Bunnies #RescueBunny (also amazingly doesn’t chew cables, maybe because he’s so full on treats 😂)
February 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Introducing my little coworking buddy Beans who likes hanging out by my desk 🥰 #BunsOfBlueSky #BeansDay #Bunnies #RescueBunny (also amazingly doesn’t chew cables, maybe because he’s so full on treats 😂)