It seems as though the Internet has been split into two camps regarding the virtues of traveling and the practical costs and benefits of being a traveller. On the one hand, there are posts, listicles and dreamy pictures of far-off vistas that exhort you to drop everything right this minute and embark on a voyage …
Tag: philosophy
An Open Letter To The Open Letter As A Form Of Public Protest
Hey, So I was going through some of the stuff I had piled away in the attic of my mind, and I came across a bunch of memories from long ago. And as I sat there, looking at these memories, I realised how much you’ve changed. There was a time when you stood for something …
On Happiness
We all dream of happiness and we know that its synonymous with success. Succeed and you will be happy. Hit the pinnacle. Scale the summit. We dream of clawing our way up past the others who compete against us to reach the rarified atmosphere known to only a few successful people. We all want to …
Greyhound Tales, Part 4
This is the last of a four part series of posts about traveling by Greyhound. Please start from the beginning, if you haven’t already! In a Greyhound bus, you have the choice of a window or an aisle. The aisle is warmer, easier to sleep in and has access to the toilet. But for the …
Metaverses
This is a metaverse: Imagine a single geometric point. This is the Big Bang. Before this point, there was no time. It is the beginning of time itself. From this point, there extend out an infinite number of rays, each ray is a universe, as seen along a timeline. The further out on the ray …