Previously, I've written "The Art of the Meme War: Trolling as a Form of Meditation." I've now returned with this new Ode to Trolls after over a year of bizarre life experiences and philosophical

In “What is Metaphysics?”, Martin Heidegger says that metaphysics is the fundamental occurrence of our Dasein (in simple terms, humans constantly inquire about the world to form mental models about how

As an immigrant growing up in America, often the only Asian kid in the whole school composed of mostly blacks with some whites and latinos, I've always been an extreme outsider. But I've always been intrigued

“Some books cannot be summarized (real literature, poetry); some can be compressed to about 10 pages; the majority to zero pages.” - Nassim Taleb, The Bed of Procrustes We can learn many important lessons

Live every moment of life with the view: "Form is emptiness, emptiness is form.” This must be done fully without a safety net. We are beginninglessly enlightened, so there’s no need to seek self-help

What is Stoicism? The Merriam Webster dictionary defines Stoicism as the indifference to pleasure and pain. Pleasure and pain come in many forms, for example there is certainly the obvious physical pain

The truth is something that burns, it burns off deadwood and people don’t like having their deadwood burnt off often because they’re 95% deadwood. — Jordan Peterson This year, I don’t have a New Year’s

I have listened to a lot of podcasts this years, over 22 days worth of podcasts. That's about 12 hours per week, basically a part time job. I have these stats from the Podcast Addict app. Here are my top

Yes, you read it right. I'm doing a Thanksgiving fast rather than a Thanksgiving feast. It's the perfect day to fast, to remind yourself that you're still alive. If you already have plenty of things to

4x is probably the genre of games that I enjoy the most. 4x stands for explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate. 4x games, known for their complexity and strategic depth, allow you to build and manage

"Those who think religion is about "belief" don't understand religion, and don't understand belief." -- Nassim Taleb Religion has 3 main components: dharma, culture, and belief. Religion

Naive science-aficionados will often think of observation as the ultimate arbiter between rival scientific theories. Their view holds that observation is theory-neutral - it is objective - and therefore

Hello, Fellow Steemians! This is an open invitation to join us in SteemDeepThink, a community collective promoting quality discourse within the humanities. Do you have something to bring to the community

现代西方人越来越喜欢钻牛角尖了。这是一个西方哲学的基本问题，只是现代科技让这个问题表明的更清楚了。年轻人每分每秒盯着手机，憋在自己脑袋里，失去了观察周围环境的能力。在哲学里，这是偏向理性主义和否定经验主义的表现。东方社会的基础建在儒、道、佛三家思维上。西方社会的基础建在苏格拉底的哲学与基督教上。道家和佛家是经验主义注重经验主义，而儒、苏格拉底、基督教注重理性主义。苏格拉底就是理性主义的奠基者。中文《约翰福音》1:1

The Great Samurai Miyamoto Musashi says that the way of strategy or martial arts is for overcoming men. The first man you must overcome is yourself. Any good soldier, hunter, police officer, or others

This is a prequel to my previous article: The Birth of Entrepreneurship out of the Spirit of Prometheus: Part 1 - Prometheus, the Original Entrepreneur Once upon a time, a king invited a group of blind

Introduction In this post I will go over detailed steps on how to setup a private Ethereum blockchain on an Ubuntu 16.04 LTS instance. These steps should work on any modern Ubuntu operating system as well

Credit Bruce is known worldwide and is influential for many reasons, which I'll explain further on. What you need to take from this post is that he was wise, powerful, caring and a true philosopher. He

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