By now everyone knows about the fire that engulfed the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris. It is a building that’s almost a thousand years old. A lot of its structure was made from wood. The fire was massive.

All of us have accumulated experience in our lives so far. We tend to keep doing what has worked well in the past, and discard what didn’t. In more unfortunate situations, we even keep doing things that

Evolution and adaptation are fundamental forces that shape the development of all nature. We modern humans like to think that we have transcended this. But we haven’t. Not yet, anyway. Natural selection

When going through life, you will encounter a lot of people who will want to impose their will upon you. They may want to obtain something from you, or could simply act because of their nature. They will

We like to think that having options is a good thing. And a lot of times, it is. But there’s also a flip side to this. Feeling like we have options will make us indecisive and complacent, whereas being

You have a particular set of genes that’s unique to you. What’s more, you also have a unique set of skills and knowledge about the world. The combination of all of these make you uniquely suited for a

We like to think that we are rational creatures. That under stress we will be able to see the situation clearly and make the right decision. But when the time comes and we are put under pressure, we often

In his book "Why we sleep", Matthew Walker distills all of the science about the subject that's been gathered in the last few decades into an easy to read distillation of why this misunderstood

"The misery that oppresses you lies not in your profession but in yourself! What man in the world would not find his situation intolerable if he chooses a craft, an art, indeed any form of life, without

We all know that we need to eat healthy. But recently, scientists seem to arrive at a consensus: Meal timing is maybe as important a factor in diet as food quality. Primitive humans living before agriculture

There is a trend that's a few years old now and seems to be taking over the internet more and more: reaction videos. I'd consider this one of the modern plagues we are facing that needs to be eradicated

Robert Greene's "The Laws of Human Nature" An amazing distillation of what it means to be human. All of his books are great, but this latest one is the result of a lifetime of study on what makes

As I understand it, Steemit relies on constant growth to pay its community. For growth new users need to sign up on the platform. But the Steemit onboarding process is really clumsy. I waited for a long

I was writing a song today, and I realised that I had neglected song structure. The individual parts made sense, but not the whole. Then I started thinking about all of the other layers. Every note. Every

Us steemians already do this for ourselves at least to a degree, but I think it worth reiterating: Start working for yourself as early as possible. Only work for others as a stepping stone to working for

Before the internet, most people only competed locally. You had to be among the best musicians in the area to have an audience. Or if you were one of the best accountants in your town you were pretty much

In my experience with the substance (and I do have quite a bit of experience), I have found absolutely no benefit to drinking at all. It doesn't matter if it's "social drinking", or more aggressive

Thoughts pop up randomly into your mind, but if you stop for a bit and analyse them, you’ll realise that most are not yours. They’ve been planted there from the outside. From a friend, a book, the internet,

I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times. -- Bruce Lee I just finished a guitar practice session and realised to my disappointment

The last few days I wrote two posts about emotion and its role in making music. Then I expanded and generalized the concept for art in general, attempting to put into words the process that makes art that