Money and the Art of Losing Control

This is a story about what it is to exist, to have a body, a name and a mind. To get that perspective you need to have distance to it. Distance implies that there is a viewpoint and some effort is needed to reach that viewpoint!  Accordingly, the first chapters of this book need some work until you reach a point on the "mental roller-coaster" where the ride starts down.


This is the first of two books about quality, time, art, money, and sex. If you're interested in any of those, you should read this book. They build upon Robert M. Pirsig's books about quality and moral. John meets Elsa and they embark on a breathtaking tour where they attempt to save a mutual friend who has gotten into trouble after returning from a trip to West Papua. The encounter between their vastly different life experiences forms a peculiar dialogue where John discovers new perspectives and solutions to his questions. During their escapade, they themselves end up in situations where their friendship is put to unexpected tests. John wants to know how religion, thermodynamics, humor, sex, and philosophy can be combined into a functioning recipe for the good life.


For a philosophy to survive, it requires allowing humans a complete life