The Archive
Explorations of consciousness, critical inquiry into culture, and reflections on the art of being human.
This brings me to underscore a crucial hypothesis. The inherent human inclination to form a collective consciousness, to conform and seek out those who share the same perspective, often leads people to believe that their beliefs and values are more widely accepted than they truly are—a phenomenon known as false consensus. This flaw, while common…
According to the Worldometer website, the human population exceeded 8 billion in 2023 and continues to rise. The World Economic Forum suggests that a mere 7% of the current human population accounts for the total number of humans that have ever lived. This equates to an estimated 109 billion people having lived over the span…
At first glance, everything appears perfect. Perfectly designed, perfectly aligned, perfectly consigned. As we look upon each other, we assume that the human form must be the work of a creator. This belief often prevents them from accepting the empirically established fact that our species is a part of the universal process of evolution, replete…
It’s quite ironic how conservative Americans bang on about American being a Christian country, or a country that was founded on with religious theocratic intent. American founding fathers would be rolling in their grave. The United States was founded with the complete opposite in mind. For its time, it was ahead of other nations with…
If Project 2025 were to be implemented by any incoming US president, then that would be, against the original values of the founding of the country. Absolute power is wholly anti-American. Having perused the calamitous summary of Project 2025, republicans, brainwashed by their own in-group contradictions, are showing their idiocy.
I began the recruitment process to join the Royal Navy in 2017, after my time at undergraduate study. Following the second part of the medical, I failed the eye test due to a lifelong deformity in my left eye (esotropia). Many years later, my views on life, society and work have changed and, one might…
America has never truly experienced a tyrannical government before. It’s whole founding was a counter to tyrannical, British imperialism in the 1700s. It was built to go against tyranny. With the 2020s rise in American populism, it is quite clear that they are naïve to the possibility of it happening by their own hands. The…
If you have found yourself subject to the woes of overcompetitive society, this is a book worth reading. Throughout most of the book, I found reassurance that I am not the only one that has escaped the life of excess. I, however, by mere circumstance and accident, have alone learned about many of the philosophies…
It’s 2023 as I write this aphoristic review and this book, beautifully subtitled ‘Why Hard Work Doesn’t Pay‘, is still immensely relevant. First published in 2004, reading this book 19 years on makes me wonder if anything has changed for the better in the working world all this time. The answer clearly is, no. As…