In this Bukowski poem entitled, “The Shoelace Poem,” Bukowski invites the listener/reader to feel less alone in the insanity created by the simple, mundane string of ordinary life events. Sometimes it isn’t massive life tragedies that push someone over the edge. Sometimes it’s just one too many broken shoelaces. And […]
Dr. Gabor Maté gives a beautiful speech on human nature and the implications culture has on our ability to maintain it. In this segment of the speech, he discusses four different categories of self-alienation, and provides a sentiment of hope to stay in touch with our true nature as we […]
So what is the difference between you and a rock? This seems like an easy, even stupid question. But even the smartest people on earth have no idea where to draw the line between living and dead things. Which leads to mind-blowing implications. What is life after all? And is […]
Learn more: Bear Grylls’ awesome kid-names: http://celebritybabies.people.com/2009/01/15/bear-grylls-welcomes-son-huckleberry-edward-jocelyne/ Michael Collins: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Collins_(astronaut) Very cool article about Collins and the speech Nixon had ready in case Armstrong and Aldrin didn’t leave the moon: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/jul/19/michael-collins-astronaut-apollo11 Veritasium’s moon video: http://youtu.be/Bz9D6xba9Og List of man-made objects on the moon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_man-made_objects_on_the_Moon to scale distance between earth and moon: […]
Brooke Van Poppelen was once a single, lonely, margarita-guzzling girl, until the right man came into her life and showed her just how bad it really was. Subscribe to MTV: http://goo.gl/NThuhC Check out more Inside Joke at http://mtvother.com/mtvothershows/inside-joke/ More from MTV: Official MTV Website: http://www.mtv.com/ Like MTV: https://www.facebook.com/MTV Follow MTV: […]
We all feel lonely sometimes, but are the effects serious? DRAG TRANSFORMATION: https://youtu.be/ytVoblN6qhg Download our podcast on iTunes: https://apple.co/2y5xqI0 Created by: Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown Written by: Rachel Salt, Gregory Brown, and Mitch Moffit Illustrated by: Max Simmons Edited by: Sel Ghebrehiwot FOLLOW US! Instagram and Twitter: @whalewatchmeplz and […]
New Pursuit of Wonder book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08D4VSD88 (For anyone outside the US, you may have to change your Amazon URL according to where you are from. For example, amazon.co.uk. If your location is still not available, the book will be available elsewhere in the relatively near future, which should include most […]
Everybody feels lonely sometimes. But only few of us are aware how important this feeling was for our ancestors – and that our modern world can turn it into something that really hurts us. Why do we feel this way and what can we do about it? Sources: https://sites.google.com/view/sourcesloneliness/startseite Books […]
