On What It Means To Be Human
I am a human being, genus Homo species subspecies sapiens sapiens; I have a large brain and swollen eyelids and want to change the world. Lately my hair’s been looking quite wild, ancestral enough
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CAMEL CARAVAN
I love the band Camel because it’s like a joker card you can play when you simply can’t think of a topic to write 600 words about. I also love the band Caravan, because
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World Built on Spice
In 410 AD, the Visigoths, a nomadic Germanic tribe, attacked and captured Rome, the “Eternal City” of the Western Roman Empire. As ransom, they demanded (approximately) 1,360 kg of this: Yes, that is black
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Do We Know the Importance of Social Relationships?
Humans are social beings apart from similar species. One of the characteristics unique to human beings is their need and ability to socialize. Humans live together in the environment with other humans as well
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Blues Rock Duos
Ever since the success of The Black Keys and The White Stripes in the early 2000s, duo bands have had a special place in blues rock music, but almost no other such band has
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Çatalhöyük: A Surreal Experience
The year is 7500 BC. In the remote plains of the region now called Central Anatolia, a fairly large group of people (for that time) decide upon settling down on a wetland, where opportunities
Read More »On the Meaning of Existence
It seems to be rather a large, important thing, but the meaning of existence is essentially a dead question. What do we mean by meaning? The meaning of a word is what it communicates.
Read More »We Are Furious
Well, we already had every reason to be furious since this nation has disappointed the man who once said, “A nation devoid of art has lost part of its lifeblood,” in every imaginable way.
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