The loneliness of the wise man
The wise man, namely Homo sapiens sapiens, is the only surviving species of its genus. This is somewhat unusual.
The animals of most genera have...
I consume, therefore I am
In Wim Wenders’ documentary film Buena Vista Social Club about the music of Cuba we see some great old-Cuban musicians playing music and talk...
So long and thanks for all the fish
Today, as I was taking my son to the Kung Fu lesson, I saw an old woman getting closer to the open window of...
Civilized Man’s Eight Deadly Sins
A Doctor of Medicine and Philosophy, a biologist, ethologist and psychologist, Konrad Lorenz was the founder of the modern study of animal behavior.
In 1973...
Dancing with the memories of an ephemeral life
All that you touch, All that you see, All that you taste, All you feel, All that you love, All that you hate
All you...
The second life I never lived, the flawless life
“The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.”
Theodore Roosevelt
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We should live two lives. One is not enough.
The first one should...
