The Small Yellow T-Shirt
A yellow t-shirt from my childhood, one of the few things that made it through after the war along with my father’s 35mm camera and a small box of film rolls. The yellow …
Our Collective Years – Does Life Speed Up?
A year in the life of a child in its seventh year is about fourteen percent of a lifetime for them. Compared to a person in their fortieth year, which is only two …
Biometric Data in Schools? Forget It.
We don’t need biometric scanners in classrooms. We don’t need RFID chips in our students. We don’t need surveillance cameras in schools. However. We do need classical education on logic, philosophy, geometry, history… …
The Lukewarm Trap in Life
On this cold and chilly morning, I want to talk about something warm and about this thing of being lukewarm towards life. I remember listening to Alexander Scourby’s audio version of the Bible …
A Swedish Slave in Morocco (Svensk Slav i Marocko)
Author: Marcus Berg (1714-1761) Captured August 23, 1754 Freed August 30, 1756 This isn’t really about a specific book, but more a tip or a reminder of biographies and experiences written down long …
Creating Your Thriving Enclave in the System
A handfull of something is what we really want. Many are the things we were indoctrinated into wanting. Many more are the delusions we want/ed that were built up by delusions mixed with …