The flawed premise of modernity - of work and vacation

You come upon a fork in the road. One road is a well-maintained cobblestone path, while the other is a dirth path with overgrown trees. Which road do you take? What you should really be asking is: There came a time where we found ourselves enslaved to powers that be, whether they were lords or CEOs of a fortune…

Why Progressivism Continues to Lose to Moderates

Although there seems to be very vocal support of progressive ideas, when it comes down to voting, it would seem like the progressives always loses to the moderates. While the political pundits want to overanalyze the reason why a certain candidate failed, from the lack of voter turnout to the different demographics that supported them versus their candidate, I believe…

How Media Manipulates. (China Vaccine Edition)

I heard recently about the low efficacy rates of the vaccines made in China. In the sources where I heard this news, it was framed in a way to suggest that it was obvious that Chinese made vaccines would be substandard. As someone who wanted to verify the veracity of the statements, it was really hard to find any objective…

The Importance of Transparency

Apple recently apologized for its iPhone slowdown controversy. They’re in a bind because the throttling was to prevent another issue with ailing batteries causing random shutdowns. Could they have done something differently? I assert that the issue here is the lack of transparency and the conditioning of the majority to not care about transparency (the things-should-“just work”-mentality). When people encounter…