Albert Camus: A rebellious man

“…privileged to live one day as free people, namely as people who refuse to exert, as well as to be subject to atrocity.” Albert Camus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Imagine...

How to castrate a genius – Alan Turing

Man is an ungrateful, featherless two-legged animal. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I don’t know how paradox it may sound what I’m about to tell you,...

Charles Bukowski: “It’s the only good fight there is”

Don’t try. Written on Charles Bukowski’s gravestone. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I write this on the occasion of the birthday of Charles Bukowski, but it is not his biography. Only...

Four concerts and a funeral for Bob Dylan

“I hate love” Stanley Kubrick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2014, Greece If there was no death, life would be pointless, like an eternal carousel ride. You enjoy it, because you know...

Men that didn’t go to school and changed the world

There's something just as inevitable as death. And that's life. Charlie Chaplin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ After “Bad pupils, ingenious adults” we go on with some people who either didn’t...

The painter that killed Hitler

“I wasn’t eleven years old when I rebelled for the first time in my life. I didn’t want to be a clerk. I was...