This Is Your Whole Life, in One Day. Watch What You Do With It.

An alarm. A phone. A train, an office, a park bench, a kitchen, the same bed at midnight. One ordinary Tuesday, seen from outside, and six strangers who turn out to be dead philosophers. Each one watches you do the ordinary thing, says 'Again', and the day rewinds: same hour, same people, lived twice. Pascal on the first hour, Marcus Aurelius on the man who pushed you, Zhuangzi on being useful, Laozi on enough, Aristotle on anger, Seneca on the last minute before sleep. Nothing in the day has to change for the day to change. 0:00 This is you 0:29 6:40 The room (Pascal) 2:56 7:50 The train (Marcus Aurelius) 5:20 10:30 The office (Zhuangzi) 7:43 1:00 The park (Laozi) 9:49 7:15 The kitchen (Aristotle) 12:09 11:40 The bed (Seneca) 14:55 The day, counted Idea: Pascal, Pensées 139; Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 2.1; Zhuangzi ch. 4; Laozi, Tao Te Ching 44; Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics II.9; Seneca, On Anger 3.36. One ordinary day lived twice. Studies cited: Wilson et al. 2014 (Science); Glynn et al. 2002; Crocker & Wolfe 2001; Hunt et al. 2018; Gottman; Carney & Waters 2006; Thomsen et al. 2003. Silhouette Shorts. Philosophy in silhouette. #stoicism #philosophy #ordinaryday