philosophy

Today, I donated to a ‘cult hero’

In current affairs, philosophy on 27 December 2009 with View Comments

With the year ending soon, I decided to donate today. I am not a big fan of the huge charities, as their huge bureaucracies do anything but help with their case. I support small teams with ideas at the margin of public attention, i.e. undervalued teams and ideas. I currently cannot do as much volunteer [...]

You need knowledge

In philosophy on 4 October 2009 with View Comments

Many consultants, ‘experts’ and internet trolls have a common trait: They leech on other people’s failures.
Every time someone experiences a mishap or failure, something astounding happens: People who have no business lecturing and criticising the very people who went out and at least tried do it anyway. Chairmen of political parties, authors or entrepreneurs nearly [...]