Stoicism can easily be misread as pessimistic because of its relentless focus on mortality and fragility. But its core message – contained in songs spanning generations – is profoundly …
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Capitalism and Death
Our passive submersion in the future means that we keep avoiding the question of death in the present.
The Ever Changing, Yet Remarkably Constant Patterns Pandemics Follow
As a global community, we should not be surprised but equipped when the next pandemic comes along. We must not slip into an amnesic state as we have in …
We All Know That We Will Die, So Why Do We Struggle to Believe It?
To realise that death is inevitable and that the world can and will continue without you is to experience existential shock.