Thought Leadership

'Look, it’s that thought leader!'
'Who?'
'That guy, the one who’s recognised as being the expert in the field.'
'Really? How come?'
‘Because he wrote a book about it.'
‘Was he a thought leader when he wrote the book?'
‘No.'
'So he became a thought leader because he wrote a book?'
‘Sorry?’
'He became a thought leader because of a book he wrote when he wasn't a thought leader?'
'Yeah, I guess so.'
‘Now, that’s a thought leader!’

I Blame Causality

Flattering My Stupidity

"It’s dumbed down."

"No it’s not, it’s just simplified to make it more accessible."

"Well, it’s so simple now that it has removed all the complex issues."

"Why do I need to know the complex bits?"

"Because they are integral to the subject. You need to understand all the elements and grasp them in their complexity."

"But I don’t understand them."

"That's the point. It's supposed to challenge you, to make you think, to make you learn."

"I don't get that, can you simplify it?"

Immortality Is Harder As You Get Older

“Man lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived,” said the Dalai Lama.

“Huh?” I asked.

But he didn’t answer.

“Dalai, what do you mean?”

He didn’t answer. 

Maybe because he wasn’t there. 

Maybe because it was just something I read. Just something I read to kill time.

The Culture Industry

Causarum Cognitio

The School of Athens is a fresco by Raphael in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican.
Idiocy in ancient Athenian democracy was the state of ignorance that all people were born into characterised by self-centredness and concern only for personal affairs. The opposite was citizenship gained through education and characterised by concern mainly for public affairs.
Horses are born, it was said at the time, human beings are formed.
Looking at the fresco, surrounded by chatting tourists, I could not help but think to myself: 'Who let this rabble in? Why can’t I have this room all to myself?'

Drowning In The Think Tank

'Hey Max.'

'Hey Max.'

'What are you doing?'

'I’m walking.'

'Where to?'

'It doesn’t matter. Apparently, there’s a link between motion and creativity.'

'Really?'

'Nietzsche said that all truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.'

'Well, why don’t you try running? You might get some great thoughts quicker?'

'Good point. I’ll speed up. Here goes…'

'So? Any great thoughts yet?'

'Only one: I think I’m tired.'

'There’s a McDonald’s over there, shall we get a McFlurry?'

'Great idea.'

'See, it worked.'