Year: 2025

Stoicism as a Life Philosophy of Resilience, Joy, and Steadfastness — Relevant Two Millennia Ago, and Perhaps Even More So Today

Stoicism

Stoicism as a Life Philosophy of Resilience, Joy, and Steadfastness — Relevant Two Millennia Ago, and Perhaps Even More So Today

How many problems does the modern human face today? So many that this entire text could be...

The Movement and Philosophy of Slow Living as Resistance to the Cult of Speed Imposed on Us All, Making Every Day the Same slow living mindfulness

slow living mindfulness

The Movement and Philosophy of Slow Living as Resistance to the Cult of Speed Imposed on Us All, Making Every Day the Same

In 1986, in Rome, near the famous Spanish Steps, the first McDonald’s fast food restaurant in Italy...

FROM THE FORMER GOLD COAST TO TODAY’S PLAN TO BUY OIL WITH GOLD Ghana

Ghana

FROM THE FORMER GOLD COAST TO TODAY’S PLAN TO BUY OIL WITH GOLD

The Story of Ghana – From Decolonization to Stability in a Dangerous Region and Today’s Deep Economic...

FINANCIAL CAPITALISM AT ITS PEAK BlackRock

BlackRock

FINANCIAL CAPITALISM AT ITS PEAK

BlackRock and the Relentless Takeover of the World – The Story of a Mega-Corporation and Its “Magic...

THE COUNTRY THAT DECIDED GROSS NATIONAL HAPPINESS IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN GDP Bhutan

Bhutan

THE COUNTRY THAT DECIDED GROSS NATIONAL HAPPINESS IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN GDP

The Isolated Kingdom of Bhutan Has a Range of Progressive Laws for Human, Environmental, and Animal Welfare—But...

Everything About the Musk-Trump Conflict: How It Started, Who Won, and What We Can Expect Now Musk

Musk

Everything About the Musk-Trump Conflict: How It Started, Who Won, and What We Can Expect Now

The global public has spent the past three days watching the conflict between two former friends and...

THE LAND CHEWING ITSELF TO DEATH yemen khat

yemen khat

THE LAND CHEWING ITSELF TO DEATH

Why are glassy red eyes and swollen cheeks everywhere in Yemen? The story of khat Many countries...

Taoism and Wu Wei Daoism Temple

Daoism Temple

Taoism and Wu Wei

Ancient Chinese philosophy will teach us to flow like a river past all problems, anxiety, and challenges—to...

Trade Protectionists Are the New Lockdowners TradeWar

TradeWar

Trade Protectionists Are the New Lockdowners

In 2020, government officials around the world shut down economies in the name of public health. Small...

Chinese AI Overcomes U.S. Barriers and Gradually Reshapes the Global Tech Balance ChineseAI

ChineseAI

Chinese AI Overcomes U.S. Barriers and Gradually Reshapes the Global Tech Balance

The relationship between the U.S. and China in the technology sector has resembled an obstacle course for...