There is no such thing as a good life

If you would like to join the studio audience for our next live conversation, become a Big Think Member and register here: https://link.bigthink.com/4jhYnx5 — Today, we talk about the good life, death, creativity, Christianity, mysticism, tech optimism, and a full bounty of philosophical treats. I love Simon because he’s the kind of person who can pluck an anecdote or quote from the library in his mind, and it will illuminate the whole conversation. I wish we lived nearer. Enjoy! — ABOUT SIMON CRITCHLEY Simon Critchley is the Hans Jonas Professor of Philosophy at The New School for Social Research in New York, and for years the moderator of The Stone at the New York Times. He has written more than twenty books, among them The Book of Dead Philosophers, Infinitely Demanding, Tragedy, the Greeks and Us, Bald: 35 Philosophical Short Cuts, and On Mysticism.