Patrick Allan

  • Break Bad Habits With A Counter-Intuitive Approach

    Break Bad Habits With A Counter-Intuitive Approach

    Epictetus, in Discourses, wrote: “And since strong habit leads, and we are accustomed to employ desire and aversion only to things which are not within the power of our will, we ought to oppose to this habit a contrary habit…”. If you want to break a bad habit, try doing something new or develop a…


  • What Netflix’s The Good Place Can Teach You About Morality

    What Netflix’s The Good Place Can Teach You About Morality

    Despite its quirky humour and overly lit sets, The Good Place manages to tackle some of the biggest moral quandaries life has to offer each episode by teaching lessons with some very real philosophy. Watching through it, I can’t help but feel like the show makes for an excellent, if basic, intro to moral philosophy…