#philosophy

We believe that an extraordinary life has to look extraordinary. That has to be noticed. That has to provoke admiration. But over the years one begins to discover that there are lives that look spectacular

The picture is of my gym locker padlock. It is a three-wheel model, which means it has 1000 possible combinations. Considering it has to protect a gym bag with an inhaler in it, that is good enough. In

Philosopher Stefan Molyneux reviews Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel and says the book starts from a false premise that all groups are equal in intelligence. He explains how colder climates shaped

My phone buzzes with zero notifications that matter. The room smells like the tea leaves I boiled twice to stretch them. I check my account balance—still sitting in double digits—and pack my bag for another

Who is to be held accountable? In Australia and Finland (and I assume many other countries) private gun storage laws are quite strict and require the gun to be stored unloaded, behind lock and key, and

"The child is a reflection of us, and the small things they do hold lessons we desperately need in our own lives." image from pexels I don't know if this one will matter to the Hive community,

Cada vez que lo pienso, me doy cuenta de que la vida es una cosa curiosa, porque muchas veces conseguimos metas que no nos proponemos y otras, en cambio, no conseguimos absolutamente nada de lo que pensamos.

My grandfather spent most of his life moving through the brush, watching how things actually worked when no one was around to watch. image from pexels One afternoon, he pointed up at a bird's nest dangling

Life is full of moments you didn't expect, low blows that surprise you and the first thing that comes to your mind is “fuck, WHY? "They say that for those things, there are no answers, but this one

One of humanity’s greatest struggles is the fact that we are almost never “at peace.” The ceaseless search for comfort, novelty, protection, and sustenance has been—and always will be—the foundation of

"If you can't say something nice, don't say nothing at all" _Thumper While I agree with the sentiment that we should be kind to each other, I also believe that this kind of mentality has been

Smallsteps and I watched A Life on Our Planet by David Attenborough, and I found it really good. It was released in 2020 when David was a young 93 years of age (he is 100 now), and had footage of him back

Have we truly given this question deep thought? I think that if we always kept this question in mind, some things in the world would be very different. Being human implies having a life—being alive, with

The long walk through nature finally quieted my thoughts. Birds sang the music I had longed to hear, darting from branch to branch. Why did they seem so much lighter than me? They just existed, enjoying

My life has changed, wow, a lot indeed. This time last year I was somewhere in the mountains, trying to figure out what I was most excited about in life. Caught in an endless, emotionally exhausting to

This will be a weekly Sunday hangout between friends, where everyone else is also invited to join in on the conversations. A Sunday party for Hive users to interact and just talk crap about whatever happens

Perhaps, it is time to purge and really start anew, to make room for something better. As I am writing this, I am also waiting my laptop to be completely purged so that it is ready to be sold. My old laptop

Leaving Undeparted The leaves of trees, they come and go, Arrive in Spring and then fall away. In between the whitened ends of years, They bring fresh hopes that will not stay. Rains will fall and winds

I never met my grandfather on my father's side, as he died well before I was born. However, back in Malaysia he worked as a postmaster, a post office manager in their Malaccan town, and during Japanese

We Talk Friday (WTF) This is a semi-regular series that I will run on Fridays to hold discussions on a current topic from the week gone. The aim is to keep them light and conversational, though some might