Neistat, Casey

Is Buddhism pessimistic? We'll talk about why one might think of Buddhism in that way, and whether or not that's really accurate. We'll also look at how Buddhism approaches difficulties that we find in the world, and why it's necessary to…

We structure our lives through our stories, but in what ways can they lead us astray? We'll look at how story is important using some comments by YouTube filmmaker Casey Neistat. Then we'll look at the story of the Buddha, and the stories…

YouTuber Casey Neistat and physicist Albert Einstein had contrasting ideas of what might constitute the good life. We'll look at both of them and compare them with some ideas from Aristotle and early Buddhism.