Winning at the Edge of Thought: Pragmatic Philosophical Dialogues // Today’s Dialogue: To Get What I Really Want I Must Change (Irvin D. Yalom)

My last blog post in this series discussed my conversations with noted philosopher and author Peter Koestenbaum about Irvin D. Yalom’s quote, “Only I can change the world I created.” Thanks to all who took the time to respond. Following is a sample of the responses I received:

“At the bottom of the rationale is human consciousness, and the argument stands by that human consciousness creates reality, which I agree with but not in the reductionist perspective presented. The perspective presente...