If you are an optimist about the capabilities of other people to overcome corruption, evil and injustice in this world, then this also means that you believe resistance and fighting back are worthwhile. This imposes an obligation to act. What makes us so eager to believe in our own corruption? Why does the veneer theoryContinue reading “The activist’s call to action: Believing that people are essentially good…you are compelled to act and resist”
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Comforting Thought: Be a restless shark
“Clearly I did not inherit whatever gene it is that makes it so that when you linger in a place you start to put down roots. Iβve tried, a number of times, but my roots have always been shallow; the littlest breeze could always blow me right over. I donβt know how to germinate, IβmContinue reading “Comforting Thought: Be a restless shark”
Book Review: Standing Firm: Resisting The Self Improvement Craze by Svend Brinkmann
βStanding Firmβ in the sense of this book means to counter the incessant drive towards more, more, more of everything. Itβs a call to action to resist and stand firm against βimprovement cultureβ, not just self-improvement and personal development, but also the constant acceleration and growth in our economic systems, and the overuse and destructionContinue reading “Book Review: Standing Firm: Resisting The Self Improvement Craze by Svend Brinkmann”
Book Review: Everybody Lies by Seth Stephens Dawidowitz
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Genre: Non-Fiction, Psychology, Consumerism, Marketing, Digital Media, Digital Technology, Big Data. Rating: ππ Everybody Lies: What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are by Seth Stephens Dawidowitz sets out to reveal the hidden selves that we reveal freely to the Gods of Search Engines, but rarely to other peopleContinue reading “Book Review: Everybody Lies by Seth Stephens Dawidowitz”
Comforting thought: Night is the original place where we all come from
βThen you realize: night gives the world back its natural, original appearance, without suger-coating it; day is a flight of fancy, light a slight exception, an oversight, a disruption of the order. The world in fact is dark, almost black. Motionless and cold.ββ Olga Tokarczuk, Flights
10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet #72
Eyeless tiny monsters of the deep with mucinous smiles greet you on this fine February morning and some robots from the future beckon you good morrow with tidings from outer space. Also a friend has made you some Turkish coffee cooked on hot sand for you to enjoy. A cat is growing before your veryContinue reading “10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet #72”
Book Review: Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Genre: Non-Fiction, Psychology, Spirituality, Anthropology, Culture, Politics, History Rating: πππππ I was initially skeptical about this book. A hopeful history of humanity? During the time of COVID, climate change and mass animal extinction? However, there was a kernel of hope within me that really wanted for this concept to be true. ThisContinue reading “Book Review: Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman”
Comforting Thought: The people we know by smell alone
βOut of the millions of people we live among, most of whom we habitually ignore and are ignored by in turn, there are always a few that hold hostage our capacity for happiness, whom we could recognize by their smell alone and whom we would rather die than be without.ββ Alain de Botton, A WeekContinue reading “Comforting Thought: The people we know by smell alone”
Comforting Thought: Try and sleep on it
If it ever becomes so bad, you will not see hope. Try to sleep on it. When you wake up, you might not feel better, but a little different. That sometimes, is worth hanging on to. Googie McCabe
Book Review: The Introvert’s Way: Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World by Sophia Dembling
Publisher: Penguin Genre: Non-Fiction, Psychology Rating: π This book about introversion was profoundly disappointing. After having recently read ‘The Highly Sensitive Person;’ by Elaine Aron and all of the immense insights this book contained, I felt that The Introvert’s Way was lacking in psychological insights and research and was instead focused on flimsy personal anecdotesContinue reading “Book Review: The Introvert’s Way: Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World by Sophia Dembling”
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