Kodėl nešnekame apie kitus virusus? Kai pagalvoji, kad virusas yra bet kokia negyva programa kuri skleidžiasi per kitus. Nuo kompiuterių virusų, iki Markso komunizmo viruso, iki kūno sveikatos viruso, mus paveikia nesuskaičiuojamai daug virusų kiekvieno gyvenime. Ar negali būti, kad mums, kaip skruzdėlėms, trūksta perspektyvos norint žinoti ar vaikštom aplink vamzdį ar ant kalno?

Virusas, kaip ląstelių arba kompiuterio programa – neturi moralės. Gėris, blogis, egzistuoja mūsų galvoj o virusui vienintelis prioritetas – skleistis toliau. Tačiau nepyk ant jo – nereikalingai kankinsi save.

Kaip su Korona, mes nematom kai mus pagauna virusas iki kol jie exponentiškai padidėja. Šie virusai dažnai…

My latest trip taught me various things like, Do not travel with stuff you don’t want lost, or in reach of wild boars that people keep as pets,’ and ‘If you travel with a container full of active sourdough, expect it to ooze out and onto your belongings.’ Then there’ve been fascinating observations, like Don’t hitchhike on religious holidays, cars are full, and no one stops. I learned that the day I left for my journey on All Saint’s Day, and I had to walk hours into the night to reach the closest motel…

For four months, I hitchhiked from…

If you know me well enough, you’ll know my underpants are ripped. By ripped I mean tattered black rags of cheap synthetic fiber succumbing to a painful death. I do my best to resew them with the only pink non-synthetic linen thread I could find. I’m clearly a beginner sewer, because the freshly patched crevices reopen, often within days, especially after biking. Everyone tells me to replace them and I don’t. For a long time, I didn’t understand why. I gave myself some excuses or reasons, like that I’m stubborn, or I want to understand the value of clothes, or…

Dear French period classmates,

It’s me from 12 years in the future. I know what you’re thinking, “Why am I here in school, listening to someone force French down my ears?” I’ve spent the last decade wondering why they made me do the same. I thought it was a waste of time then. In the years since then, I’ve learned several languages fluently and I can attest that French class truly was a waste of time. So I’m sorry you must sit there. Hopefully, you won’t become the bitter Frenchophobe that French class turned me into. Despite the agony, I’m…

Here’s a topic we normal people often love to ask ourselves, “How am I gonna die?” It’s such a fun topic, I often digress into the myriad ways it could happen. Maybe a ninja will get stabbed in the heart, fall out of the 17th story of a skyscraper and its body will hit me, and it’ll make a pretty pattern on the pavement. Afterwards, I went on Tinder and got pissed off that almost every profile’s full of selfies. That sent me spiraling towards the type of questions, we normal people, often ponder, “What’s the best way to die?”

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After his victories in Greece, in the year 336 BC, Alexander (the future great), visited Corinth. Many statesmen and philosophers came to congratulate the rising general. The philosopher Diogenes was in Corinth too, yet as Alexander noted, he wasn’t among the admirers. Alexander decided to visit the old man, who he heard was lounging in the market, not giving a fuck. Upon arrival, Diogenes noticed the approaching crowd. Alexander greeted Diogenes and asked him if there was anything he could do for him. “Yes,” he replied, “Stand a little out of my sun.” Taken aback, Alexander admired the beggar’s grandeur…

Are you even aware why you’re feeling overworked, content, unmotivated, excited or any range of fluctuating emotions you perceive? Do you know why you hold onto your bad habit, knowing full well that it’s no good for you?If you do, then read no further. However, if you feel that life is riding you versus the other way around, or you feel helpless but to conform to this tempestuous way of life, then it’s likely because of your surroundings. In the last article, I discussed how the places we sleep, work, play, and eat influence, and sometimes, control us in subtle…

Want to stop wasting money on things we don’t need to be spending time, effort, and money on? It’s free in that it won’t cost you any money to do, however, it’s not an easy fix or thing that will simply do it for you. It will require you take a step back and apply that, often frowned upon, skill that we don’t use enough — creativity. It’s not a technique, but an alternative to what you normally do, or choose to do because others do it. It’s called Creative Frugality, it’s using creativity to save you money, while making…