Almost everything to do with the evidence of modern civilization is the manifestation of thought. Think about it, from primitive huts to heaven-kissing skyscrapers, from Stone Age doodles to the Mona Lisa, the significance of the dollar bill, the footprints on the Moon—all is but a product of thought. Applicably, the most productive and the…

There’s a web app called The Most Dangerous Writing App that’s actually pretty good at fighting writer’s block. How it works is simple: you set a time limit for yourself, and then you have to write as much as you can within that time frame. The catch? You can’t stop writing, even if you want…

– Why is gravity still considered a force when it is known since the 1910s that gravity is just a manifestation of the curvature of spacetime? (H/T: Twitter) – Will ChatGPT kill the student essay? – Will artificially intelligent entities be conscious? Even if they won’t, when an AI starts to look and talk like…

Recently, I went on a solo meditation retreat somewhere close to the Himalayas for 4 days. It was a powerful experience and I am glad to have done it. Since the time of planning and telling relevant people about my plans, this was looked at by some almost as a suicide mission. A sixteen year…

Note: I’m assuming you’ve already heard “journaling is good for you”. And that you’ve somewhat been convinced. Carry on if that’s the case. If not, spend half an hour watching “journaling” videos on YouTube and come back here to add meaningful structure to the habit that’s going to change your life. I’ve been using some…

Hint: never. Nullius in verba is our motto here. In Latin, it roughly means “take no one’s word for it”. When people hear that phrase, a common argument that pops up against it is that you sometimes have to take someone’s word for it. You can’t personally recreate the whole of human knowledge now, can…

This is another article I wrote for the Taking Children Seriously website. This time, its a film review! On the thoroughly inspiring, and somewhat infuriating film Dead Poets Society featuring Robin Williams. Read it on the Taking Children Seriously website here. Taking Children Seriously is a beautiful parenting philosophy that began with the views of…

There’s a lot going on. But also not a whole lot. Let me explain. Changing houses So we recently moved houses. And I’m at this entirely new part of the city which is absolutely beautiful. Well at least comparatively much more beautiful. I’m still around in the city but there’s trees, lots of trees. And…

I wrote a book review of Ivan Illich’s Deschooling Society for the wonderful Taking Children Seriously website that was relaunched recently. You can read it on the Taking Children Seriously website here. Taking Children Seriously is a beautiful parenting philosophy that began with the views of Sarah Fitz-Claridge and David Deutsch inspired by the epistemology…

At one point doesn’t everything seem relative? What even is truth if not that which is true relative to the person? This echoes the philosophy of relativism. It states that truth is relative to the individual. There is no absolute truth, according to the relativists. If there is one, we cannot know it. Because everything…