It's easy to have the thought while watching a show like One Piece or a movie series like The Lord of the Rings that if only you lived in a world like that, you'd do everything you could to become as strong and formidable as all the characters you see there. The fact is...
For Arthur Schopenhauer, there were two worlds. The one that we experience as individuals and the world as it exists without the filter of human experience. Here, of course, the first thing that strikes us is that no matter how hard we try, we as humans cannot possibly experience the world as it really exists. As Schopenhauer famously...
When I decided to write my own book, I found a suitable topic relatively quickly: love. What also became clear very quickly was the way I wanted to portray it, in a very everyday way. It shouldn't be too romantic but not too dry either. For this reason, I decided...
At a time when self-optimization is preached and praised everywhere, I would like to share a little thought of my own. I am well aware that most of us have some character traits that are not worth keeping. However, the problem in my opinion is that we don't stop when we are at a good point...
We as individuals are not in a position to change the objective world, i.e. the world as it is. What we can change, however, is the subjective world, i.e. the world as we see it. This may sound like a sad compromise, but it is a much more powerful gift than we might think. Because...
As we have already learned in other articles, Baruch de Spinoza was a rationalist. It is therefore all the less surprising that he approaches the world in a very modest and frugal style. In a very beautiful quote, he explains why we cannot succeed in some things. "As long as a person imagines that he cannot do something...
After I finished my article yesterday, Why hip-hop is so successful: people's love of fiction, I had a few more thoughts on a very similar topic. Said thoughts revolved around the topic of cosmetic surgery. After some quick research, I found almost shocking figures, as there were around 15% more procedures in 2022...
Some time ago, Simon sent me a video in which Robert Greene talks about the fact that we as humans like illusions. In the clip of a lecture, he quotes T.S. Eliot "Humankind cannot bear very much reality." Greene goes on to explain that we not only love illusions, but also stories and fiction...
Have you ever wondered about the power of habits and how they shape our lives? From the way we start our day to the way we work, habits influence every aspect of our existence. Many of us strive to develop better habits, but often find it difficult....
Over the last few months, I have repeatedly set myself goals to give up certain things. In this article, I'll tell you in more detail how giving up certain things has affected my life and my general well-being. Over the last three months, I have given up various things. Of course, it's much easier to give up...
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