It was fun being involved in a community philosophy event at a Sheffield museum earlier this year, organised by Think Together Sheffield.
The main questions for my activity were:
What are the main ingredients for happiness?
Should we be pursuing happiness?
Members of the public chose their top three essentials for happiness and placed them in hula hoops. This created lots of lively discussion!
See here for more fascinating details about the event’s activities: https://www.thinktogethersheffield.org/post/our-philosophy-late-where-thought-took-flight
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