New Conundrums for 2012:

“How much money is required to live an abundant life: none, lots, plenty, pots full, too much, very little, or enough?”

“Do I choose a life that is positively intense? A life that is negatively intense? A life that is both positively & negatively intense? A life that is potentially intense? A life that is potentially positive? A life that is potentially negative? Or a life that is potentially neither positively nor negatively intense?

“Does virtue & being virtuous only exist in a virtual reality? Does it actually exist in a virtual reality or does it virtually exist in actual reality? And is that actually by virtue of the virtuosity of that reality, or not”

“Is my freedom to deliberate dependent on my freedom of choice? Or is my freedom of choice dependent on my ability to deliberate? And is my ability to deliberate due to my deliberate thought or my deliberate thinking? And if my thought is not deliberate, is it still a free choice or is that a matter of deliberation? And, furthermore, if my thought is not deliberate, have I deliberated it or not? and is there any point in deliberating it further? And if I haven’t deliberately deliberated it, is my choice liberated? And if my thought is not liberated, do I have freedom of choice or not?”

“What really killed the Cat: Curiosity? Boredom? Too much cream? Or did she just pass on at the end of a happy & fulfilling life?”

“When I expect the unexpected is it still unexpected or do I expect it? When the unexpected arrives is it expected or unexpected?”

“Is it simple to do simple things and are simple things done by simple people? Is it only simple people who find things simple to do and simply do things in a simple way?”