{"id":13505,"date":"2014-02-21T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-22T00:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.philosophyforchildren.org\/lets-do-nothing\/"},"modified":"2014-02-21T16:30:00","modified_gmt":"2014-02-22T00:30:00","slug":"lets-do-nothing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/lets-do-nothing\/","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s Do Nothing!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-jJISh9S1u4E\/UwfdlJS4UPI\/AAAAAAAAAv0\/36Y7P3e7H30\/s1600\/Unknown.jpeg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-jJISh9S1u4E\/UwfdlJS4UPI\/AAAAAAAAAv0\/36Y7P3e7H30\/s1600\/Unknown.jpeg\" height=\"320\" width=\"268\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0763652695\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=211189&amp;creative=373489&amp;creativeASIN=0763652695&amp;link_code=as3&amp;tag=wondephilo-20\">Let&#8217;s Do Nothing<\/a> <\/i>by Toby Fucile illustrates the perplexity of the concept of nothing. The book tells the story of two boys who, after concluding that they have &#8220;done it all,&#8221; decide to do nothing.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-YNw6jVWha9s\/UwfflHFIczI\/AAAAAAAAAwA\/9D2QH5LGo98\/s1600\/photo.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-YNw6jVWha9s\/UwfflHFIczI\/AAAAAAAAAwA\/9D2QH5LGo98\/s1600\/photo.jpg\" height=\"247\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The trouble is that doing nothing is not easy. If you blink, you&#8217;re not doing nothing. If you open your eyes, you&#8217;re not doing nothing, but if you close them, you&#8217;re not doing nothing. Finally the boys conclude, &#8220;There is no way to do nothing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What do we mean when we say we are doing nothing? What would it mean to do nothing? 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