The half of it
It’s half time, and as I look back and look ahead, I realise that what I am looking for doesn’t really change – meaning. It’s still a choice though, on how to approach it – “whether to float with the tide, or to swim for a goal”.
Category: Flawsophy
Know your mind?
Our reactions to the crimes committed by others is influenced by our (non) understanding of the brain. While we might have some levels of leniency built in for those who are certifiably ill, we are nowhere close to resolving the conflict in the case of those who are (probably) suffering from equally complex mental instability, but only at a point in time.
Enough / Efficiency
We’ve gone a long way since Keynes predicted in the 1930s that we will have a 15 hour work week in a few decades. When I started thinking about why we (the majority) never really got around to that, I realised that many parts of our lives are increasingly being optimised for efficiency, and that too for its own sake. When do we say ‘enough’?
A plan to be
Being frugal on everything but one’s real wants is a good path to be on, but knowing one’s real and yet, ever changing wants is a not easy. The mind is pulled by paradoxical desires of wanting to belong and stand out, when all it truly wants is to just be! How does one get there?
Regression planning
As the world and its system progress, many things which were formerly life skills are increasingly outsourced or automated. What would happen if we had to go back to them? Can we handle the scenario without a playbook?