The complete Replacing Guilt series. Written by Nate Soares. Read and produced by Gianluca Truda.---Contents0:00:36 : Preliminaries0:17:50 : Part 1: Fighting for something1:03:20 : Part 2: Drop your obligations1:30:27 : Part 3: Half monke

Updates and Discussion

May 18th, 2021 18m 21s

This episode is made of two parts. Firstly, some updates on the project: the audiobook is still in progress and should be released soon. I'll be uploading it to this feed and will try make it as accessible as possible. To tie you all over until

42 Conclusion

Mar 17th, 2021 4m 53s

"All we need to do, in any given moment, is look upon the actions available to us, consider, and take whichever one seems most likely to lead to a future full of light."--------Stay subscribed for future updates about a full audiobook version

41 How we will be measured

Mar 10th, 2021 7m 6s

"After nearly a year of writing, my "replacing guilt" sequence is coming to a close. I have just one more thing to say on the subject, by pointing out a running theme throughout the series."--------Original post: http://mindingourway.com/how-

40 Defiance

Mar 3rd, 2021 9m 11s

"Defiance-the-virtue is about having the same reflexive response, not towards an authority figure, but towards the state of a broken world. It's about making the fact that you struggle to fix broken worlds automatic and unspoken — you might wei

39 Recklessness

Feb 24th, 2021 7m 29s

"The second dubious virtue is recklessness. As with desperation, there are many bad ways to be reckless. There is a nihilistic recklessness, in those with a muted ability to feel and care, that is self-destructive. There is a social recklessnes

38 Desperation

Feb 17th, 2021 12m 33s

"The next three posts will discuss what I dub the three dubious virtues: desperation, recklessness, and defiance. I call them dubious, because each can easily turn into a vice if used incorrectly or excessively. As you read these posts, keep in

37 Confidence all the way up

Feb 10th, 2021 8m 47s

"I have found this mindset to be very useful throughout my life. Confidence all the way up is what has me dive into the fray to try new things, while others stand on the sidelines bemoaning a high degree of uncertainty. It's part of the tech

36 The art of response

Jan 13th, 2021 11m 26s

"Polished response patterns have proven useful to me, and I attribute much of my skill at math, programming, and running nonprofits to having sane responses to new obstacles. Regardless of where you get your response patterns from, I suspect th

35 Obvious advice

Dec 23rd, 2020 9m 34s

"Sometimes, I wonder how successful a person would be if they just did all the obvious things in pursuit of their goals [...] So with that in mind, allow me to offer some quite obvious pieces of advice, which have proven very useful for me..."

34 There is no try

Dec 16th, 2020 7m 56s

"Ok, so "try" is actually a pretty useful concept; there's a reason we have a very short word for it in the English language. Nevertheless, I have found it quite useful to occasionally spend a few weeks refusing to use the word "try" or any

33 Stop trying to try and try

Dec 9th, 2020 14m 15s

"Many years ago, when I was in high school, a friend of mine came back from college having joined a fencing team. He wanted to show me some of the basics, so he tossed me a sabre, and we had at each other. We crossed swords a few times, and h

32 Dark, Not Colorless

Dec 2nd, 2020 5m 51s

"The last arc of posts has been about how to handle a dour universe. Become unable to despair, learn to see the darkness rather than flinching from it, learn to choose between bad and worse without suffering. Learn to live in a grim world witho

31 The best you can

Nov 25th, 2020 4m 22s

"In fiction, protagonists narrow their focus until the difference between success and failure on their specific task seems like the difference between victory and defeat. Batman attempts to solve the mystery while ensuring that nobody dies; mea

30 Transmute guilt into resolve

Oct 29th, 2020 8m 38s

"Most of the time, if something is hurting you, I recommend making it stop. There is one exception, though..."--------Original post: http://mindingourway.com/transmute-guilt-i/Find Nate Soares at http://mindingourway.comFind Gianluca Truda

29 Come to your terms

Oct 22nd, 2020 10m 6s

"So here's my advice: Think the unthinkable. Consider that which is painful to consider. Figure out what, exactly, is at stake. Weigh the consequences. Come to terms with them."--------Original post: http://mindingourway.com/come-to-your-te

28 Have no excuses

Oct 15th, 2020 14m 42s

"If you have an excuse prepared, you will be tempted to fall back on it. An excuse makes failure more acceptable, in some way. It's a license to fail."--------Original post: http://mindingourway.com/have-no-excuses/"But you know about the pl

27 Simply locate yourself

Oct 8th, 2020 8m 45s

"... Maybe some part of you is pushing against reality, trying to deny it, willing the past to change."--------Original post: http://mindingourway.com/simply-locate-yourself/Find Nate Soares at http://mindingourway.comFind Gianluca Truda at

26 Detach the grim-o-meter

Sep 30th, 2020 5m 39s

"I'm betting that the last three posts have given many readers an incorrect impression about my demeanor. It's easy to read those posts and conclude that I must be a grim, brooding character who goes around with his jaw set all day long.Whic

25 Choose without suffering

Sep 23rd, 2020 6m 23s

"When given a choice between bad and worse, you need to be able to choose "bad", without qualm."--------Original post: http://mindingourway.com/choose-without-suffering/Find Nate Soares at http://mindingourway.comFind Gianluca Truda at http

24 See the dark world

Sep 15th, 2020 14m 41s

"Consider fictional Carol, who has convinced herself that she doesn't need to worry about the suffering of people who live far away. She works to improve her local community, and donates to her local church. She's a kind and loving woman, a

23 The value of a life

Sep 10th, 2020 17m 7s

"If you have money and want to save lives, you had better put a price on life. Scott Alexander explains it better than I can. But don't mix up the price of a life with the value of a life. I see this happen all too frequently. To correct this m

22 Being unable to despair

Sep 4th, 2020 5m 22s

"Sometimes, when people see that their life is about to get a lot harder, they start buckling down. Other times, they start despairing, or complaining, or preparing excuses so that they can have one ready when the inevitable failure hits, or

21 Residing in the mortal realm

Sep 1st, 2020 6m 8s

"Many people hold themselves to a very different standard than they hold others. They hold themselves accountable for failing to do the psychologically impossible. They fret over past mistakes and treat themselves as failed gods, rather than am

20 There are no "bad people"

Aug 25th, 2020 9m 8s

"I confess, I do not know what it would mean for somebody to be a "bad person." I do know what it means for somebody to be bad at achieving the goals they set for themselves. I do know what it means for someone to be good at pursuing goals t