Tag: Myth

Bitcoin has a reputation for being environmentally unfriendly. Mostly this is, as I argued previously, because (a) it uses lots of electricity and (b) that people don’t think this is a good use for that electricity. But, recently, the focus has been on the type of electricity. For instanc...

Emergent properties are not only a concept that belongs to artificial intelligence but to all disciplines (from physics to biology). This concept has always fascinated scientists, both in describing and trying to understand the origin. Nobel Prize-winning physicist P.W. Anderson synth...

Inlate 2020, I was invited to sit in on a Zoom call of scholars, curators, and historians who were planning a Holocaust memorial monument in Ukraine. The session occurred just over a year before Putin’s invasion; in the time since, I’ve often wondered about the fate of some of those on t...

The book “Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals” by British philosopher John Gray is perhaps one of my favorite philosophical books written in the 21st century. But it’s not for the faint of heart. It’s a profound yet challenging book — “challenging&...

Close your eyes and let your imagination carry you to the banks of the majestic Tiber River. The air is alive with the fragrance of olive trees, and the soft rustling of leaves transports you to a time long ago. Amongst the seven hills, Rome’s story began, and at its heart, lies the myth of Ro...

I’ve been living in Toronto for 8 weeks now (TIME FLIES!) and I am constantly getting asked about what it is like, whether it’s similar to back home (London specifically, because of course London is the only city in England that anyone knows) and what are the main differences t...

The “altcoin season” is a period when altcoin prices outperform Bitcoin prices. Typically, during the altcoin season, the altcoin prices increase faster than the Bitcoin price, and the Bitcoin dominance will also decrease. On the other hand, during Bitcoin season, Bitcoin is performin...

Let’s debunk a myth that seems to have more lives than a cat — the idea that the rich, ensconced in their lavish abodes, are secretly wrestling with the burden of a mortgage. It’s time to set the record straight and unravel the financial tapestry woven by the truly affluent. Pic...

He smiled the whole way and laughed at his own jokes. This guy volunteered a lot of details about his life, including the fact that I was sitting in his sometimes house. I learned that he and his (slightly) older wife also stay in a trailer parked on the property of an assisted living facility...

Motability is one of the most useful schemes available to disabled people in the UK. To my knowledge it is unique, and it tackles the issue of disabled transport head-on by allowing people to choose a vehicle that suits their needs in terms of size and features, and installing adaptions that ma...

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) sounds so nice and fluffy when falling off the tongue…but that’s actually part of the problem — it’s too nice, and it’s way too fluffy. It’s a trending buzz word that generously affords points to the individual spouting it ...

The myth of meritocracy claims that Americans live in a fair, equal society, where hard work and resilience are the factors most responsible for shaping our lives. Under this theory, nothing stops anyone from succeeding other than, perhaps, themselves. This worldview may seem like a harmless attempt...

The stories of ancient Greek and Roman mythology have, over the years, been rediscovered, repurposed, and reinterpreted in more modern contexts. Often times, this has allowed us to garner some sort of fable-like lesson from the stories of the Illiad or Metamorphoses. The story of Medu...

But it’s not just Ted Cruz. Perhaps the un-Cruziest Republican in the Senate, Mitt Romney, announced his support of allowing President Trump to name a replacement for Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the grounds that the Court has been liberal for too long. “My liberal friends have over ...

Today we are dealing with the question “Is there racism against white people?” Have you heard the word “reverse racism” before, which aims to define racism against white people? If yes, remove it from your vocabulary. The existence of “reverse racism” is a myth...

Growing up as a child of Asian immigrants, I was raised to believe that if you work hard in America, you can succeed. That this country is all about “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” and “keeping your nose to the grindstone” because anything is possible. Our parents ca...

The myth of meritocracy claims that Americans live in a fair, equal society, where hard work and resilience are the factors most responsible for shaping our lives. Under this theory, nothing stops anyone from succeeding other than, perhaps, themselves. This worldview may seem like a harmless attempt...

We truly live in a global world. Constant advances in transportation allow us to physically move people and objects great distances in increasingly small amounts of time, while communications technology such the internet and cell phones allow us to convey ideas and information with even quicker spee...

In the long and painful struggle for racial justice, there’s a narrative that’s been persistently sold to us: the idea that true equality can only be achieved when the oppressed and oppressors join hands and work together. It’s a comforting thought, the idea of unity and collective...

The “balance in nature” myth is one of the more persistent examples of environmental wishful thinking. In 2009, biologist John C. Kricher was rightly compelled to pen an entire book debunking it. The myth reflects our understandable desire for a stable world with a climate and the habita...

Religion is a system of beliefs, including belief in the existence of at least one of the following: a human soul or spirit, a deity or higher being, or self after the death of one’s body. Myths are traditional stories accepted as history; served to explain the world view of a people. Rituals ...

Amid excitement over technological evolution, dire warnings recently emerged alleging coding headed for redundancy in our changing world. Yet scrutinizing such claims reveals assumptions devaluing humankind’s unique attributes demand rebuttal if innovation is to maintain its momentum for the b...

Having spent the best part of ten years in affiliate marketing, I’ve realized that specific strategies are golden while others fall flat on their face… Believe me when I say I’ve tested the waters in every direction. From Facebook ads to YouTube, diving into Facebook Groups,...