Alexander's Thoughts
4 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago -Ian, a student from the Philippines and concurrent lifelong learner talks about anything and everything.
His areas of interest range from the usual such as personal knowledge management, arts, writing, self-development, and lifestyle. On a few days, however, his likes tend to veer towards the unpredictable such as dark indie songs.
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Episodes
003 - Birthday
June 19, 2021 22:00 - 1 hour - 141 MB💎 What does Ian's birthday mean to him? In this episode, Ian talks about what his birthday is for him. In doing so, he opens a bit about his past experiences in life, especially during the dark times, as he calls it. He then proceeds to give an overview on his current beliefs and why he is no longer as 'pessimistic' as before. After which, he gives information on how he is currently doing and would talk about his thoughts on the pursuit of joy and contentment. This podcast is also availabl...
002 - Systems
June 16, 2021 12:38 - 1 hour - 138 MBWhat are systems? In 002 - Systems, Ian talks about systems. As a pretense of the episode, Ian talks about his two-week experience in working without any system. As an introduction to the content proper or his points in the Twitter thread that he mentions, however, he reflects on systems in the context of definitions from the Oxford English dictionary. In addition, he then provides an overview on what systems are, especially in the sense of the human body. Thereafter, he proceeds to relate ...
001 - Happiness
June 13, 2021 05:46 - 1 hour - 59.6 MBWhat really is happiness? In 001 - Happiness, Ian talks about the Aristotelian or eudaimonic happiness and he proceeds to expound on the ideas of Bertrand Russel in chapter one of The Conquest of Happiness. He then identifies the archetypes of unhappiness in the said book: 1) The Sinner, 2) The Narcissist and 3) The Megalomaniac. Thereafter, he provides a few modern examples of each archetype. At the end of the segment, he explains that he does all this in the name of furthering his underst...
000 - Introduction
June 12, 2021 12:53 - 35 minutes - 81.8 MBIn this episode, Ian talks a bit about himself, his life, and his new podcast Alexander's Thoughts. He then expounds on an interesting concept from Anne-Laure Le Cunff of Ness Labs, and even talks about David Perell's famous quote, "Writing is thinking, re-writing is re-thinking" as well as his advice for creators to be 'wonky.' In addition, Ian discusses a few of his content on Twitter (@TheIanAquino) and relates them with a few thoughts in the context of content creation on the internet.