Experience Junkies and Experience Machines – Andrew James Taggart, Practical Philosopher, Ph.D.
In my philosophy practice and in my daily life, I keep coming across what my wife Alexandra has aptly termed “experience junkies.” Some experience junkies want to have a steady flow of …
Experience Junkies and Experience Machines – Andrew Taggart, Ph.D. Skip to content February 16, 2017 Experience Junkies and Experience Machines In my philosophy practice and in my daily life, I keep coming across what my wife Alexandra has aptly termed “experience junkies.” Some experience junkies want to have a steady flow of moderately pleasant experiences. Others want to have supreme highs. Others, actually, want to experience the greatest highs and the deepest lows of human life. As one man put it when we were speaking, he used to want to have the “high highs and lo
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