Click-Bait, Fake News And What’s In Store For You In 2017
A while back, I wrote an article on what it means to be a contrarian. It’s someone who goes against the current and doesn’t just blindly follow the herd. Since Continue Reading
The Consolation Of Philosophy: How A Man About To Die Found Happiness
It is a time of decay. Rome, once the mighty capital of an Empire spanning three continents, is a rotting, crumbling shadow of its former self. The old institutions of Continue Reading
Bayesian Thinking: If You Want To Be A Critical Thinker You Need To Understand This Concept
It is the middle of the Cold War. Tensions are high and the United States wants to be ready to retaliate against any Soviet nuclear strike or do a first Continue Reading
The Question Of Morality: How Would You Act If The Circumstances Were Different?
I have recently binge watched Amazon’s new alternate reality sci-fi series called “The Man in the High Castle”. It’s an awesome show based on an old Philip K. Dick novel Continue Reading
The Indiana Jones Method For Learning Foreign Languages
You have no doubt heard the story of the Trojan War. The Illiad and the Oddysey are two of the most enduring and influential works of literature in the Western Continue Reading
The Man In The Arena – Teddy Roosevelt’s Most Inspirational Speech
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The Continue Reading
How A Contrarian Idea Gains Traction: The Incredible Story Of James Hutton
It is 1785. A young man is hurrying on the streets of Edinburgh, a bit late for his work appointment. On his right-hand side, he has a magnificent view of Continue Reading
Operation Anthropoid: The Story Of The Most Daring Secret Mission Of World War 2
If you had seen the movie “Casablanca”, you might remember the scene in the cafe where the German officers start singing a German song. To hush them down, the brave Continue Reading
How To Be A Badass Like The Zaporozhian Cossacks
In 1615, a fleet of 80 Zaporozhian Cossack boats, called chaiky, slipped into the harbor of Constantinople and razed the entire area around the harbor to the ground. This was Continue Reading