Joseph Dunphy
My blogs
| Industry | Education |
|---|---|
| Location | United States |
| Introduction | In ethical terms, "traditional and reasonably pragmatic rule utilitarian" would perhaps come closest to describing my views ... my objective is to help the reader cut through that accumulation of ingeniously constructed nonsense and, to the extent that the genuinely inherent complexity of life allows, get back to common sense ... |
| Interests | Philosophy, Ethics, Mathematics, Science, Skepticism, The Desert Southwest, Steampunk, Classical Music, Egypt, Archaeology, Art History, Art Appreciation, Cooking |
You've written a hit musical! How will you avoid having fame go to your head?
By spending the next few hours listening to Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Debussy and others, and trying to picture myself ever writing anything that would compare to what they created. Centuries worth of accumulated civilization should provide one's humility with all of the reinforcement it needs, if one only agrees to gaze upon it with open eyes.