Does failure make you weak or does weakness make you fail? 

The Shining is a classic horror movie that features the only monster that's most dangerous when isolated: you.  In the solitary setting of The Overlook Hotel, Jack Torrance can no longer escape his failure. 

Sometimes the most terrifying monster is a man who refuses to face himself.  

 

◬ In this episode:    

⋗ Solitude is a threat to the examined life ⋗ Moon business opportunities ⋗ The maze of your mind ⋗ Psychedelic thinking ⋗ Logos: the pursuit of clarity over chaos ⋗ Does failure make you evil or does evil make you a failure? ⋗ Weak people are the employees of darkness 

 

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◬ Other episodes mentioned: Solitude, Socrates, and Censorship or: How to Be a True-Man 

 

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