“Remember, science fiction’s always been the kind of first level alert to think about things to come. It’s easier for an audience to take warnings from sci-fi without feeling that we’re preaching to them. Every science fiction movie I have ever seen, any one that’s worth its weight in celluloid, warns us about things that ultimately come true.” – Steven Spielberg People seem much less interested in superhero settings than just a few years ago.…
“Population collapse is the biggest threat to civilization” – Elon Musk Population Collapse is a term I started hearing of in 2017, mostly from Elon Musk. More recently, however, it has garnered more attention, and people started taking it more seriously and making documentaries and studies about it. What Is Really Going On? From 10,000 BC until 1700 AD, the world’s population grew around 0.04% a year. After 1700 AD, the population growth rate jumped…
I have always been fascinated by ruins. Looking at them brings me a feeling of melancholy and sadness. And that always made me wonder what the cause of this sadness was. Why do I feel sad when I look at ruins? Why do I find them so fascinating? Maybe it is a sadness borne of feeling like the world lost something valuable, or imagining how people used to live in these places and visit them…
“It is preoccupation with possession, more than anything else, that prevents men from living freely and nobly.” – Bertrand Russell Believe it or not, I first encountered Minimalism while watching a PewDiePie video. As I started researching it, it seemed to align very much with many of the practices I had already incorporated into my life. As I started using it more, it has helped me better organize my life, live in the moment more, and…
“Never get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.” – Dolly Parton Work-life balance is a concept I have been thinking about a lot lately. It is an idea that made sense to me when I studied it in college. It made sense to me that if you want your employees to be motivated and in good spirits, you have to allow them to pursue their interests in their personal…
