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People believe in a lot of things – like money and credit, the pillars of the Capitalist system, which rule the world. Capitalism, like religion, is just a figment of humans’ imagination, it does not really exist. But Just like all other religions, if enough people believe in it, it becomes very powerful, and seems very real. What would... Read More >>

An astonishing number of people, in the year of the lord 2018, still believe humans are the divine creation of a god, and not a product of biological evolution. Even highly educated people, with science degrees, believe this. People still kill to defend this belief. These people, I believe, suffer from a severe case of Monkey Brain Syndrome –... Read More >>

Have you ever experienced jealousy? Been consumed by it? Gotten divorced because of it? This human emotion is one of our biggest flaws, and one of the most destructive forces on our planet. Hate is not the opposite of Love – Jealousy is. Love and jealousy cannot co-exist, either jealousy disappears and love prevails, or love is destroyed by... Read More >>

New Age thinking and Spirituality does not have to be at odds with science, technology and progress – what Zen Buddhists refer to as enlightenment may in fact be what we are trying to achieve with AI and what Tech Nerds refer to as the singularity – when technology will change life as we know it. Perhaps the technological... Read More >>

I was on autopilot yesterday. I go into my office every morning on my rollerblades – never wiped out or crashed into anything. That’s when you get lazy, unfocused, you start to think about other things instead of focusing on the activity at hand…CRASH, there I was, bloody and bruised on the road – how many accidents and mistakes... Read More >>

Some of us are worse than others (some people are really really really horribly negative) – but we all get periods of negative thoughts during the day, during the week, during the month…Why? Does it serve some evolutionary purpose? Perhaps cancer serves some evolutionary purpose too – but we still consider it a horrible disease, just like negative thoughts... Read More >>

Rocks – can they become computers? Well, maybe, with the right kind of software to make sense of all the senseless and chaotic activity going on inside a rock. Pretty interesting stuff. If cars are now able to self-drive, what will a rock be able to do in a few years? Read More >>

Many people are painting a doomsday, terminator style, scenario of machines in society and in the workplace – taking over completely, starting by making human labour obsolete. The shift to more machine labour is no doubt disrupting peoples’ lives in the short term (no longer needed), but in the long term we will likely see many new, better paid,... Read More >>

Fighting the machines, or embracing them? Well look at your love affair with your smartphone – you are already very deeply connected to technology, almost at a biological level, where you are able to project your personality and intelligence through your personal electronic device. THE NEXT STEP? Man evolved from simple organisms, man created technology (which is all just... Read More >>

Meditation is like going to the gym – you know you should be doing it, but it’s difficult to get off your butt sometimes. Just like you want a tighter butt, or six pack abs, you want to be smarter – right? Just Do It. You can do it at the gym, or at home, or in the office.... Read More >>