Behind The Mask
Nobody likes it when someone lies to them - at least, they don't like it when they find out they have been lied to. Well, maybe, but maybe not, at least not all the time. ....
Author: Niklas Ludwig
I am a meat popsicle.
Kim’s Game
Most people spend the majority of their lives on autopilot - either thinking about whatever random thoughts wander through their heads, or entirely self-absorbed, thinking only about themselves. This works just fine, until their world ....
The Power Of The Powerless
In 1978, Vaclav Havel wrote a critical essay about the communist regime that was controlling Czechoslovakia and eastern Europe since the end of World War II. Although the essay was officially censored and Havel was ....
We See Through A Glass Darkly
Everybody dreams. At least, if you are not severely mentally ill, or have a severe sleep disorder, you dream. A purely empirical explanation might say that our brains use sleep as a chance to backup ....
Can’t Stop The Signal
Before the internet, people all over the world communicated with each other via radio, and when governments shut down all legal means of communication, people were still able to talk to each other, and even ....
The Symbolic Life
Most of us, those of us who have grown up and live in cities (which is now the majority of humanity), spend most of our time living and working in environments that are purpose driven, ....
The Rainbow And The Bridges
Somewhere there are still peoples and herds, but not with us, my brethren: here there are states. A state? What is that? Well! open now your ears unto me, for now will I say unto ....
A Jolly Good Lesson
We have spent two hundred million pounds to prove the factonce more,That horses are quicker than men afoot, since two and twomake four;And horses have four legs, and men have two legs, and twointo four ....
Country Folks Can Survive
There are many reasons to live in a city, particularly if you like being a wage slave, paying exorbitant taxes, getting robbed, assaulted and your car stolen (you won't have a car much longer anyway), ....
Monkeysphere
The human population on earth has increased tenfold in the last 250 years, from about 750 million in 1750 to almost 7.9 billion people today. In addition to vast increases in wealth, productivity, technology, and ....