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An Epicurean and a Stoic enter a bar. The Epicurean asks for the wine list and orders the most expensive bottle of Champagne. 'Why not?' She says. 'Life is all about experiencing pleasure'. The Stoic balks at the cost and orders a soft drink. He admonishes her. 'People are starving…
I recently read ‘Brave New World’ by Aldous Huxley, and it left me with mixed feelings. But the most outstanding thing about this dystopian novel was its similarity with our current society despite the fact that it was written 90 years ago. It’s terrifying to realize how many things described…
It is surprising when you think about how much of the English language is peppered with German words. We talk, without realising half the time, that we are borrowing words from one of our closest European neighbours. But it shouldn’t come as a surprise that many of these ‘loanwords’ are…
If you have read George Orwell’s 1984 and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, it may seem that these two novels have nothing in common except for the fact that they both describe dystopian societies of the future. And yet, they both provide the same recipe for mental slavery that is…
Non-fiction books can enrich our lives in many ways. They can be very important to society just as many fiction books are. There have been many great non-fiction books throughout history that have been a huge influence on how we think about and understand society, the world, and even the…
I’m thrilled to announce the release of my book The Power of Misfits: How to Find Your Place in a World You Don’t Fit In.I wrote it for all introverts, loners, socially anxious people, and deep thinkers who, like myself, feel like they don’t belong in modern society.As a socially…
If you are looking for books about pandemics, they’re not hard to find. Many of them are dystopian novels digging below the surface of the disease. Living in times of a major pandemic is overwhelming, to say the least. We spend so many hours inside, and many extra hours reading…
If you’ve ever read Alice in Wonderland or watched the movie, I bet you were mesmerized by the Cheshire cat quotes. The depth is amazing. Most movies focus on the main characters, leaving the others in the background, but not this one. Lewis Carrol perfected his characters to have their…
There are two people I credit for my love of old English words. They are my dad and an English teacher in high school. Whenever my dad would read me and my siblings a bedtime story, he’d occasionally come across a word we didn’t recognise. Instead of simply telling us…
If you have ever read anything by Fyodor Dostoevsky, you know that the literary works of this existentialist Russian author of the 19th century are certainly not for ‘light reading’. ‘Crime and Punishment’ is probably his most famous novel and also one of the most difficult to read. First published…
