The rise of nationalism spawned the two deadliest world wars in all of human history, followed by the Cold War as a nuclear incubator around the world. — Samuel Johnson, the great English writer said, “Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel” [1]. Although the context of the sentence isn’t clear, it is widely believed that Dr Johnson is referring to false patriotism, which he criticized in The Patriot. …

The experience of pain has never been pleasant for anyone, or any animal that can perceive pain, “yet it is well adapted to make a creature guard itself against any great or sudden evil..” — Charles Darwin. — Follow the Theory of Evolution, biologically, any function that does not give the species an evolutionary advantage will disappear over time because it consumes energy unnecessarily. …

It can be said that human existence is an existence inside the judgmental gaze of others. — We often feel “salty” every time we are judged by someone, especially in the context of social networks, where any unknown individual can approach you to hurl insults and accusations or even all manners of profanity. As an author, I also feel “salty” being bothered by others. …

Envy can sometimes become the manual for admiration. When we learn that someone possesses more qualities or assets than us, we do not always feel envy; instead, we are more likely to admire and succumb to them. — Envy can be simply understood as the satisfaction at other people’s misfortune and, in turn, this discontentment at their fortune. Sometimes envy can be accompanied by the thought: “Hey! That should’ve been mine!”. One thing to note is, envy is quite different from jealousy despite how these two terms are…

After all, why does staying in one place not bring peace or comfort, but most of the time creates a sense of boredom that urges us to do something? — 1. Cause only our bored ancestors survived, so do we Everyone knows what it’s like to feel bored, but so far there is no scientific consensus on what exactly boredom is [1]. …

To think is to perceive and feel intellect. — 1. “Are you rational or emotional?” is a pointless question “Emotionality and rationality are binary opposite” — most of you, as frequent visitors of personality test sites, would agree with this statement, as well as with means of assessment like IQ (Intelligent Quotient) and EQ (Emotional quotient). …

The brain size of financial frauds is not getting bigger and the same is true for ordinary people, and yet the even more sophisticated fraudulent schemes still continue to be invented, almost side-by-side with the advancement of society and technology. — (*Article referenced from episode “Get Rich Quick” of Netflix’s “Money, Explained” series.) A magic trick usually has 3 parts. First, the magician will show you some kind of object, such as a deck of cards, a coin, etc. that appears perfectly normal. Then, he will make that object either disappear…

The guarantee of the credibility of the currency they created gave governments a huge advantage: they could always create what everyone would do anything to achieve. — “Finance is theatre. Both require the collective voluntary suspension of disbelief. When we buy stocks, or even so much as make a bank deposit, we implicate ourselves in the illusion that a few slips of paper, a few drops of ink or a few lines of code are interchangeable with…

For every one hundred “fools” who dare to step forward, humanity takes one hundred steps forward. — On February 19, 2014, Facebook spent $19 billion ($12 billion in Facebook shares, $4 billion in cash and $3 billion in restricted stock) to acquire WhatsApp, a cross-platform messaging app from two of its founders Brian Acton and Jan Koum. Sequoia, WhatsApp’s sole venture capital fund, is probably the most…