Today’s Solutions: January 18, 2026

British philosopher Alan Watts died in 1973. In recent years many of his inspiring talks have been turned into short videos. It is an inspiring library full of eternal wisdom. In this video Watts addresses our holistic connected existence in an original way. Watch it and in less than five minutes you realize again why you should be very happy to be alive.

 

 

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