We have an incessant need to consume information. As I ruminated in a recent off-the-cuff video on the topic, I think part of the answer is in creating as much or more than we consume - however that's not easy. The tension between these two modes of acting in the world (consuming vs creating) is … [Read more...]

After an embarrassingly long time, I've finished the first part - a decent 270 pages - of Bulfinch's Mythology. This part covers pretty much all of the Greek mythology, and worthy of a tome in and of itself. I'd been putting off reading it for some time, and even when I did begin, I did so at a … [Read more...]

I've wanted to write something about my personal life for some time now. Something along the lines of what I've been up to, how I'm feeling about university and my final year of studies coming up; you know, the usual blog kind of stuff. But I find it extremely difficult even to begin since … [Read more...]

I've come across this topic enough times in the last few days that I feel obliged to write about it. So apparently, according to a popular writer on Medium, Nik Goeke, reading lists are bad. He's not the only one with such an opinion though; this thought came up in some discussions I had with two … [Read more...]

There is a fundamental problem that all human's face endlessly, throughout their lives - getting their thoughts across. Clear communication. A brief look at the current political landscape reveals that we are presently suffering from a disease of miscommunication - fragmented political ideologies … [Read more...]

    So I finally finished this behemoth of a philosophical tome last week. With notes on almost every page, I could write an essay (or ten)   I've got more than enough inspiration for writing about 18 essays, inspired How To Think About The Great Ideas by Mortimer Adler. … [Read more...]