Midweek Reset: On self curation

from Life Examined Hosted by Jonathan Bastian

This week, Alain de Botton, philosopher, author and founder of The School of Life talks about why today’s social and cultural environment is contaminating our peace of mind. De Botton suggests that in order to switch off and achieve some kind of balance in our lives, we need to become better editors and curators of what we are exposed to and shut out as much external negativity and noise as we can. Get full access to Life Examined at lifeexamined.substack.com/subscribe

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