I am not a Monarchist. I am morally opposed to hereditary leadership. Not because I believe that a King or Queen cannot be a net positive for a nation, that has been proved many times throughout history. The Imperial House of Japan has been in power since 660 BCE and […]
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Chpt 25: Very Little Gravitas Indeed
Performative activism, moral grandstanding, social pressure, peer group conformity, slogan chanting and virtue signaling. Is it a net negative or positive for a movement? Is it a net negative at a personal level? Some view it as a genuine expression of moral values, while others see it as a self-serving […]
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Chpt 24.1: Profit Margin
I grew up reading the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett, through my teens and probably into my early twenties as well. A prolific writer, averaging two books per year, writing a total of forty one books in a series that combined humor with science fiction and fantasy clichés. As a […]
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Chpt 23: God Told Me To Do It
Quetzalcoatl is one of the most important gods in ancient Mesoamerican mythology, a deity whose name comes from the Nahuatl language and means “Feathered Serpent” or “Precious Serpent”. For the Aztecs, their mythology, rich with tales of gods and cosmic events, may hold more than mere allegorical narratives. Could it […]
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Chpt 20: I Blame The Parents
In 2008 I travelled to Japan with friends and spent time in Kyoto and Tokyo. This was an eye-opening trip for me, someone who had never travelled to a country that didn’t use the Latin Alphabet, bearing in mind that about 50% of countries globally use this as the basis […]