by Benard Makaa | Jan 22, 2019 | Culture, Philosophy, Psychology
How do we confront our existential conundrums and dilemmas? Even in decisions, which may cost us life or happiness for eternity? Do we gather courage and make decisions or we are paralyzed by indecision? Mind you, not making a decision is a decision in itself....
by Benard Makaa | Dec 24, 2018 | Culture, Philosophy
It seems Charles Darwin used to follow “Balance Sheet Close and Decision Making”, a technique used when making tough decisions. Charles Darwin once wrote“The day of days!” on his diary after his cousin Emma Wedgewood accepted his marriage proposal. Interestingly, few...
by Benard Makaa | Nov 1, 2018 | Culture, Philosophy, Psychology
How have I come to this? How do I loathe myself that I cannot spend even a moment alone with my thoughts? Every minute that is not devoted to some primary activity is occupied with a lesser one. I need to fill every moment. Even when I am not teaching, writing or...
by Benard Makaa | Oct 2, 2018 | Culture, Philosophy
“Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.” ― Thomas A. Edison On the occasion of October 2, the day we observe United Nations’ (UN) International Day of...
by Benard Makaa | Sep 29, 2018 | Culture, Health, Philosophy
I have had my own struggles on this journey of becoming a vegetarian. I still succumb to some fish here and then and hopefully will completely overcome. I have had the advantage of reading many biographies/autobiographies of people I admire. My observations, many of...
by Benard Makaa | Jan 22, 2018 | Culture, Philosophy, Psychology
The post’s title is taken from Jonathan Swift’s poem in “Cassinus and Peter”; where he laments the simultaneity of the sublime and the scatological in Caelia’s person in “The Lady’s Dressing Room,” in which two characters, Strephon and Betty, take a “strict...
