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Sisyphus 55 | February 24, 2025



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00:00 Is he stupid?
02:07 Learned Helplessness & The Absurd
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09:42 Commitment & Flow Psychology
15:00 The Will To Happiness
18:00 Between Yes & No

SOURCES

Camus, A. (2000). The myth of Sisyphus (J. O’Brien, Trans.). Penguin Classics.

Zaretsky, R. (2013). A life worth living: Albert Camus and the Quest for Meaning. Cambridge : Harvard University Press,

Overmier JB, Seligman ME. Effects of inescapable shock upon subsequent escape and avoidance responding. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology. 1967;63:28–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/h0024166. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

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 Hayes SC, Luoma JB, Bond FW, Masuda A, Lillis J. Acceptance and commitment therapy: Model, processes and outcomes. Behaviour research and therapy. 2006;44(1):1–25. 10.1016/j.brat.2005.06.006

Hayes SC, Strosahl KD, Wilson KG. Acceptance and commitment therapy: An experiential approach to behavior change. Encyclopedia of Psychotherapy. 2000;32(1):1–8.

Nietzsche, Friedrich. The Gay Science. IV, §341.

Moeller, H. & D’Ambrosio, P. (2017). Genuine Pretending: On the Philosophy of the Zhuangzi. New York Chichester, West Sussex: Columbia University Press. https://doi.org/10.7312/moel18398

Csikszentmihalyi M. (1990). Flow : the psychology of optimal experience (First). Harper & Row.

Frankl, V. E. (1992). Man’s search for meaning: An introduction to logotherapy (4th ed.) (I. Lasch, Trans.). Beacon Press.

Link between flow, buddhism and absurdism inspired by this great piece of writing: https://mettarefuge.wordpress.com/2010/05/25/a-buddhist-response-to-albert-camus-and-the-absurdity-of-life/

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