The Simple Joy of Being Useful
A man spends his life chasing things. Money, maybe. Or power. Or fame. It depends on the man, but the chasing is always there. He runs after…
Health and Wellness
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Can We Really Pay-It-Forward or is It Just a Nice Idea?
If one were to pause, just once a day, to extend an act of kindness with no expectation of return, what might change? The idea is so…
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The Art of Holding Fast
It is a curious thing, this modern habit of drifting. Men and women float through their days like autumn leaves upon a river, content to be carried…
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“The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It” by Will Storr – a review
Will Storr’s The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It is an incisive, often unsettling, look at one of the most fundamental forces shaping…
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The World of Ends
It’s not the end of the world — not in the apocalyptic sense, at least, not today. The oceans haven’t boiled. The stars haven’t blinked out. The…
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Are You an Indentured Servant? – No, Seriously!
Indentured servitude was once a contract entered into with the hope of escape—escape from poverty, from stagnation, from a life that promised nothing beyond mere subsistence. It…
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The Footprint of a Man
There is a certain kind of fellow who drifts through life as a leaf upon the wind, content to neither hinder nor help, and another who, like…
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How to Make Any Life More Fulfilling
Dream, Create, Grow—these three words sum up a philosophy that echos the essence of the human journey. They are not just actions; they are principles that define…
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Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road” – in his own words?
And so it starts with me, Sal Paradise, yearning for something more, restless, rolling cigarettes in a dim New York room, feeling the weight of time pressing…
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The Economy of a Human Life
There’s a basic rule in economics: a society can’t consume more than it produces. At least, not indefinitely. Sure, with credit and debt, countries and individuals can…