When You Don't Create Things

As I was gazing through the stone sculptures by artist José Manuel Castro López, I couldn't resist thinking about the irony of working on stones instead of working with them. Making something interesting from something mundane has been vital for us humans. Our tools, art, literature, fashion, food, and many…

A Stoic's Game Theory

Do not wish that all things will go well with you, but that you will go well with all things.An interesting book that I read last year was 'Enchiridion of Epictetus'. It's based on the discourses of ancient Greek philosopher Epictetus. Recently I read 'The Manual: A Philosopher's Guide…

Fast-Writing

Last week, I moved this website from a sluggish WordPress instance to a nimble Ghost installation. It took a bit of tweaking the data for over 15 years of my posts and media. Touching the blog after a long time made me wonder, why haven't I written a single post…