a talk arguing that civilization may have been a mistake, tracing nuclear anxiety through genesis, the i ching, and the difference between a tortoise and a hummingbird civilization

a talk by alan watts arguing that life is fundamentally playful and spontaneous rather than a serious journey toward some future payoff.

a talk given to the tahoe institute in which watts argues the anxious "quaking mess" we find on self examination cannot be transformed away, only watched.