Where We Find
A space for slow thought in a fast world
How do we find our path when the old ways fall away and the next step is unclear — when the maps we were given no longer fit the terrain?
We live in a culture obsessed with power and efficiency, with hitting targets, measuring success, and mastering our environment. We are taught that freedom means independence: unchaining ourselves from the influence of others to find a solitary, “authentic” core.
But does this relentless pursuit of control actually bring clarity? Or does it leave us in a state of anxious isolation, wondering why the more we “achieve,” the more we feel adrift?
What if there is another way
to find our path,
and a place we can call home?
This is an invitation to trade the myth of mastery for a more humble outlook. The questions that matter most about our path and our relations cannot be “solved” with a life-hack. They require a different kind of time: a time for ripening, for harkening, and for standing amidst the actual texture of our daily lives.
Where We Find is an inquiry into this thickness of experience. Drawing from the fertile crossroads of Eastern and Western thought, we look for a different kind of orientation. Rooted in the Daoist wisdom of the Daodejing and Zhuangzi, we walk alongside thinkers like Emerson and Thoreau, and the voices of poets like Wisława Szymborska.
We do not treat these figures as historical artifacts, but as companions who help us trade the brittle hubris of certainty for the fertile grounding of an open question—choosing wonder over certainty, and attunement over control.
Can we find a sense of home, not in a final destination,
but in the very journey itself?
Hi, I'm Yuval Goldfus.
I hold a PhD in philosophy and have spent the last fifteen years teaching Comparative Philosophy (East-West) in a variety of settings. Throughout that same period, I have also pursued a career as a programmer in various capacities.
Where We Find is the bridge between these two worlds—an inquiry born from the friction between the high-speed demand for efficiency in tech and the slow, ripening requirements of a meaningful life.
It is an invitation to explore how ancient wisdom—particularly Eastern thought—can be lived and practiced within the practical flow of our modern lives and work, helping us inhabit our day-to-day with presence and wonder.
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