Book Review/Rebuttal: Ishmael by Daniel Quinn

November 13, 2024 by Joe Gray in Book Review, Fiction, Philosophy

It's not that I don't recommend this book or that it doesn't offer a philosophical perspective that warrants review. It is worth reading but it fails to persuade as it offers only a simplified and narrow perspective of human behavior. It requires a wholesale acceptance of its premises and provides little in the way of relevant counterarguments. Ishmael by Daniel Quinn is written well and is narrated masterfully by Anthony Heald in the Audible version I listened to. When engaging with this book I recommend being aware of its rhetorical tactics and remaining skeptical of its biased perspective.

Religion as Cultural OCD

May 01, 2024 by Joe Gray in Ethics, Freedom, Philosophy, Religion, Thoughts

Would you rather do something because you think it has value or live with the harsh truth that what your doing is nonsense? Sometimes giving it up means losing that value you thought was there. If so, you would have to find value in other things and other activities. It might even be possible to engage in those activities for different reasons and retain the value that derives from them. If one gives up religion they give up a set a way of life and the consequences of that should not to be taken lightly.

Episode 188: Where is everybody? Last of Us Remake, Elden Ring, and much More!

September 06, 2022 by Joe Gray in Podcast Episodes : FTP

Recommendations:

Channing: In the Miso Soup and Piercing by Ryū Murakami (books)

Joe: Book & Movie Review: The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray Pollock

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Photo Journal: Retail Hell (Photos from the war inside the store!)

August 29, 2022 by Joe Gray in Business, BTS, Cultural Musings, Memoirs, Retail Perspective, Photo Journal

This is nothing. The following is barely a slice of the stuff that retail, customer service, and others deal with in the real world. This doesn’t cover the hundreds of thieves, assholes, horrible managers and customers, or the stress of dealing with covid, rioters, protestors, and bad teammates.

Here are just a few photos to demonstrate some of the madness that occurs in the stores that you shop in every day. When you open your doors to the masses you see what society has to offer.