Tag: living
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No, I do NOT want to be a billionaire! (or Bruce Lee)
There is a great hype lately about how some new billionaire must be our new idol. And I totally disagree with that hype. Billionaires are not only overrated. They are constantly advertising all those things that should not be part of the principles in a man's life. To begin with, there is nothing wrong with being successful. I…
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Seek peace. Conquer the world.
Modern man wants to conquer the world. He wishes to control the universe. Because he thinks he knows himself. Because he believes the cosmos should bow to him. And the cosmos laughs. And man dies in agony. For there is nothing to conquer but yourself. There is nothing to control except your desire to control…
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Application before the theory… Living without knowing…
A new discovery explains what happens during the phase transition in Dirac materials, paving the way for engineering advanced electronics that perform significantly faster. (1) The dogma that theory should precede practical applications is a very persistent one. We are all affected by it. But remember: the biggest practical applications of modern days science are…
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Noli timere...
Someone once said that all magnificent things are terrifying. If that is true then death must be glorious. And yet, we are all afraid of it. Those last words that will never get off your mind... Those last moments you never knew were the last... The anguish of the lost loved one you can never…
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Keeping on finding problems… Squirrels dying…
Why do many problems in life seem to stubbornly stick around, no matter how hard people work to fix them? It turns out that a quirk in the way human brains process information means that when something becomes rare, we sometimes see it in more places than ever. (1) Stop thinking for a minute. Imagine…
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