Discussions in the mind
In his second essay of his first series, Emerson disputes how great men make themselves. What makes them great is their trust in their own minds, and by that trust they dare the novelty created in their minds to be revealed to wider audiences. Insist on yourself, never imitate. Your own gift you can present... Continue Reading →
I'm afraid. I'm afraid of the volume of Donald Drumpf's media coverage and sharp items flying. Osho provokes a healthy mindset. It is similar to getting rid of spiritual materialism, telling us we are just energy. We just exist and we shouldn't take ourselves so seriously. We are part of a bigger existence and "I"... Continue Reading →
Is an individual sane when he or she is adjusted to an insane society? Probably this question is what most describes how pathological it is to be normal, to blend in. Societies we live in are to us, humans, like water to fish - swimming our entire lives in the same pond we never notice... Continue Reading →
Emerson is madly in love with the world, the life, the nature and it glows out of every word, sentence, comma, letter he has written. He loves life and respects the nature and human intelligence that much, he praises them in every way possible. His style is impeccable, yet hard to grasp at once. It... Continue Reading →
The Russian author tells his story from the nineties how coincidence took him to a monastery in Tibet. There, a lama taught him ancient exercises that preserve one's energy. The monks living there practice them to be immortal. He mentions of people over one hundred and fifty years, looking no more than fifty. The western... Continue Reading →
Our world is embedded with the glorification of rational thinking - every business must have a plan, every war a strategy, every decision an explanation. As Gladwell shows in Blink, though, things rarely go according to plan, especially when following the plan depends on various uncontrollable factors, such as the weather, other people or our own feelings. We... Continue Reading →
Why do we do the things that we are used to doing? If, so far, you have identified some of your bad habits, chances are it has slipped through your mind before. The Power of Habit answers that and explains through colourful range of examples how habits are embedded in our lives, how to change them and how to create... Continue Reading →
Possibly the biggest difference between most Hollywood blockbuster movies and most European films [that I have seen] is that the blockbusters leave an impression like success, discoveries, scientific breakthroughs, creation of art - everything happens in a heartbeat. One day comes the idea and the next the execution. One day a man meets a woman... Continue Reading →
Despite that it's highly improbable that "Maagiline Reaalsus" will ever be translated, I feel a necessity to express my thoughts about it. Edvin writes short stories about kings, magicians, robots, bugs and several other characters and their adventures. Everything is very absurd and most plots are surprising, yet others don't seem to have a plot. The... Continue Reading →
In his organized collection of random stories of finance-related randomness, Taleb explains how we underestimate the theory of probability and luck. We tend to blame bad luck when things go not as expected, but cherish our great predictive skills when we succeed. His point is to make us more aware of how luck has more... Continue Reading →
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