The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety

By Alan Watts

Watts argues that our craving for security is itself the source of our anxiety, because life is by nature fluid and cannot be pinned down. Rather than offering comfort, he invites you to stop clutching at a fixed future and discover that the present moment is the only place anyone has ever actually lived. It is his most quietly radical book, and perhaps his most consoling.