Overview
Overview: Kaag reflects on the interruptions and disruptions in life, drawing on the philosophy of William James.
— from Takeoff Into Chaos · American Philosophy a Love Story by John Kaag
In the book
Do not let the broadcast convince you the sky is collapsing; it is selling you the collapse. Modern life piles on its own frantic churn, too — for so many now, the days have become a kind of freneticism in which a person can quietly drown, a ceaseless stream of interruptions and disruptions that one philosopher, reading William James, came to see as the very texture of a life. The grown-up response is not blind optimism but intelligent humility about risk. — Takeoff Into Chaos