What Would You Do If Money Were No Object? Alan Watts on the Life of Purpose

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One key question for breaking free of consumer culture’s hamster wheel.

BY MARIA POPOVA

British philosopher and writer Alan Watts (1915–1973), author of the cult-classic The Way of Zen, played a key role in popularizing Eastern philosophy in the West, like John Cage had done, in the middle of the 20th century. In this short remix video, a fine complement to this omnibus of wisdom on how to find your purpose and do what you love, Watts asks the seemingly simple question of what you would do if money were no object:

If you say that money is the most important thing, you’ll spend your life completely wasting your time: You’ll be doing things you don’t like doing in order to go on living, that is, in order to go on doing things you don’t like doing — which is stupid!

Pair with Watts on money vs. wealth.