Tag: cultural

  • Understanding Yourself And The Universe

    Terence McKenna – Nobody Is Smarter Than You Are We all must try to understand what is happening. We need to try to understand what is happening. In my humble opinion, ideology is only going to get in your way. Nobody understands what is happening. Not Buddhists. Not Christians. Not government scientists. Not… you know.…

  • In Defense Of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto by Michael Pollan

    Notes and Quotes: The entire book is an elaboration on: “Eat Food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” Interesting Quotes: “A few years ago, Rozin presented a group of Americans with the following scenario: ‘Assume you are alone on a desert island for one year and you can have water and one other food. Pick the…

  • Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

  • The Money Delusion

    Even though I passionately disagree with a few of his points, I love this video and try to watch it at least once a month. I highly recommend you take 8 minutes to watch now…

  • Learning a Second Language

    I’m occasionally inclined to learn a second language – wouldn’t multilingualism be fun? Sure, but what’s the point? Aren’t I getting too old? And who has the time? What’s the point? Continued learning has mental, emotional and social benefits. Learning another language can help keep our brains receptive and agile, be a regular outlet and…