The Interstice Podcast Ep.9 | The Usefulness of Relationships, Asking for help, The Impact of algorithms

Been listening to a lot of stoic thoughts recently and within my recent past have been quite impacted by the book 'Meditations' by Marcus Aurelius. Doing so provided allowed me to put many experiences I have had in Japan into a useful context. But that's not all. Arnold Swarschanager, I noticed, has had some great things to say about the idea of the self-made man. To the point, essentially that no one, not even he himself, is one. I thought that was a useful idea when it comes to establishing your independence in a foreign country. Certainly we should aspire to not overly rely on others but equally true we should allow ourselves a communities contributions to our own well being, so long as we contribute positively to that community. The second half of the podcast will, as usual, be given over to answering subscriber emails.