The lie of living in the present moment | Sarah Jaffe, John Paetsch, Ron Purser
47Sarah Jaffe, John Paetsch and Ron Purser discuss capitalism, mindfulness, and whether we worry too much about time.
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00:00 Introduction
03:06 Ron Purser - There is no present moment
6:40 John Paetsch - Looking beyond the present
09:05 Sarah Jaffe - Capitalism and time
Being is found in the present, for the moment of consciousness is all there is. Or so Zen Buddhist philosophy teaches. The moment of experience has also been central to western philosophy since Descartes, and the value of the 'now' currently fashionable from London to L.A.. Yet, as Marx argued, is not the point of life to change it for the better and not simply to contemplate it?
Does only the present exist and is embracing the present the path to truth and fulfilment? Or is this a dangerous fantasy, and the present an illusion, a distraction from the real task of creating the future? Or can we give an account of time that that explains the uniqueness of the present and the sea of time that surrounds us?
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Acclaimed labour writer Sarah Jaffe, mindfulness critic Ron Purser and poet and philosopher John Paetsch question whether we worry too much about time. Güneş Taylor hosts.
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