What “Vienna” by Billy Joel teaches us
I don’t know about you, but I love listening to music, especially songs that have a deeper meaning behind the lyrics I found a perfect song - "Vienna" by Billy Joel - that does...
The importance of projects and personal pursuits
The human being craves a purpose Without a purpose, we rot and wither away in a self-destructive decline into madness The human brain has evolved to reward action and...
Don’t get too excited about life on Venus
Contributed image David Bowie had it wrong—screw Mars But before you get too excited about aliens, the ‘life’ we’re talking about is microbial Within the clouds of...
Estimating the odds of your existence
How selfish are we to worry about death We act as if it’s not incredible that we get to be alive in the first place As if we are somehow entitled to exist because we’ve...
It’s a “Blue, Blue Christmas” for University students
Ever since I was a little kid, the holidays have been one of my absolute favourite times of the year I’m an unabashed lover of repetitive Christmas music, gift...
A successful life is defined by the individual
“To live is the rarest thing in the world Most people exist, that is all” This quote from Oscar Wilde and others like it have been plastered on my social media for the past...
Hollywood success requires actors being one with their character
To be successful in Hollywood, it is expected that an actor completely immerses themselves into a role in order to make the audience believe that they are actually that...