Articles & Essays

An Evolutionary Tale

Adaptation and integration are primary drivers of cultural evolution. Humanity’s not a beehive or an anthill; collective evolution flows forth from the creativity, energy and effort of millions of independent thinkers. That’s why it’s so important to dance to your own tune. Learn from others but no one knows what’s best for you more than […]

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Groundhog Day

“Groundhog Day” got high-jacked back in 1993 by the cult classic, featuring Bill Murray.  He played a narcissistic, self-centered weatherman who gets trapped in a time loop on Groundhog Day. The day repeats again and again until he finally gets it right. Since then, when I hear the term Groundhog Day, the first thought that

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Trust Your Intuition, Not Your Government

Instinct is an inbuilt survival system, common to many animals along with humans. It’s part of the limbic system or paleo-mammalian cortex and processes our lower order emotions, like fear, anger and rage. The mothering instinct also lives there along with defensive and survival instincts. These emotions are hard to overcome even by big-brained humans

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