 You know whenever I include this chapter in my ethics course I always got to hate it because it always makes me wonder wait. Do I really need that when I'm really chasing after do I need that? I mean look at what I got on me right now I mean something sure seem pretty necessary the hat the shirt these boots are really great for my feet my especially my ankle But yeah, I got this iPhone this microphone using this camera Do I need this for the course? And you know I teach a lot I take on extra courses. I do I take on extra work. Do I really need to do that? Yeah, I think about Let me think about what you really need It sure is a lot more than what Epicurus thinks So it's question, you know, does Epicurus think you're living a happy life? Probably not Epicurus probably thinks you're taking on way way too much, right? Let's start going down the list right family. Yeah, he thinks it's probably too much You need friends to talk about the nature of reality to have that sort of emotional and intellectual Vulnerability and discussion. Yes. Sure. You need friends, but family boy. That's a lot So if you got family probably already for Epicurus, that's too much Y'all are going to school You're paying or at least my students are Not everybody's watching these videos as a student of mine But you're paying money for which you had to work for or you're incurring a debt where you get to pay interest on Or if you're lucky enough you got scholarships. Okay, that's great But you're paying money to go to this class. Well, what are you doing that for for this job? You're trying to maximize the salary You don't really need that right there are lots of jobs out there For which you can make a minimal amount of money You and three of your friends go get a two-bedroom apartment, right? You each double bunk in a bedroom You share the kitchen duties you share the cleaning duties you Share, you know the time together forget about the TV the ps4 forget about cable and internet You don't need it lay some blankets and pillows out on the ground. I guess right sort of thing right and the three of y'all each working a part-time job Which is not that hard to get well, I'm sorry. It can be hard to get don't don't let me Don't let me Devalue the effort and energy it takes to get a part-time job But compared to you know needing a degree to get a part-time, you know, you don't need a degree to get a part-time job I need to degree have these careers compared to that It's relatively easy to get the part-time job. You don't need to go to school for it With that minimal income if each of you are managed to get a job someplace near the apartment You won't need to get a car or maybe just take public transportation Hopefully maybe somewhere near like the library that'd be kind of cool You can have some of the materials for which you will fuel your discussions about the nature of the world and nature of reality you can You know abandon a lot of these pursuits for what you don't need is you don't need fashion You don't need the video games. You don't need the movies. You don't need you don't need alcohol You don't need beer. You don't need wine. You're actually healthier without it having one or two isn't necessarily a bad thing But it's not like you need alcohol. You don't need coffee. You don't need sodas You don't need tea. You need water. That's it Now if you're getting you know, like even one fast food meal a week You're already doing more than you need beans rise vegetables fruits You know if you want to add a little animal meat in there I guess you can go for it, but you don't really need a quinoa takes care of most of that Onto the direction of your nutritionist and or physician No, that's what you need You don't need a smartphone You don't need the internet if you're really clever you can get away without even having the apartment I knew a guy back in grad school and I don't know how he actually did this He never really elaborated on it, but he had a yurt And if you know what a yurt is think of a look at a while you are tea. It's kind of a it's really good-sized and and hearty tent and I think he lived on federal land or something like this. He managed to he didn't have an apartment He lived in the yurt and You know he worked out and showered in the student rec center and he went to school He used the computers provided to him by the department. We had computers set up there He is the resources in the library and I think he I know I maybe didn't live rent-free, but man he lived really simple and He did well. He was smart. He knew his stuff and he was good at philosophy Wonder if he studied Epicurus He really he really had that part figured out you talk about a simple life. He got it and he said really happy I mean the most relaxed person in The doctor in the department amongst all the graduate students with that exaggeration the most relaxed person rest of us are stressed out probably because we're trying to figure out how to Make a living some of the grad students have families, but you know make a living on a graduate students stipend so yeah You know Epicurus and all likelihood Epicurus thinks you are not living a happy life He thinks you're overdoing it. You're trying to chase after way too much Okay, and then you're what what it would need is like I said You're something like a part-time job three friends two-bedroom apartment double bunk Forget about the TV the stereo equipment all that blankets Cushions right sit on the you know get sit on the ground hang out won't even need you know You share the kitchen duties. You don't need that much food. You don't need that expensive food That that probably yeah, right? Simple life Okay, so do you agree with Epicurus? I mean if you agree with him, then yeah, you're probably just like well forget all this and you know Walk out of class If you agree with them, yeah, you probably you know kind of drop all this If you disagree with them why What does that mean?