Category: Opinion
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Can You Afford to Make Bad Art?
To craft compelling art, you need more than just talent; you need resources. Money, time, and headspace are the trifecta that fuels artistic excellence. Yet, success in the art world isn’t solely about skill; it’s often intertwined with privilege – particularly financial support and familial background. The assistance successful artists receive – whether it’s funding…
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Putting Inconveniences to Rest in the Park
Heading to the park in the morning had become a special routine for me, a gentle way to remind myself of the joy of being around others. As someone who prefers solitude and works from home, stepping outside feels like a daunting task. But knowing I’ll be surrounded by nature and can enjoy some coconut…
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Surpass the Internal Conflict, Start your Business
Often, we’ve heard that starting something of your own requires capital. Once capital becomes more accessible, the network becomes the prerequisite. With the introduction of various networking tools, success now hinges on how smart you are. However, this notion is vague, as intelligence manifests in various ways. Not everyone is inherently business-savvy, yet these skills…
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Are you Beggar-Thying- Neighbour in your Life?
Beggar-Thy- Neighbour is a widely used economic term. In simple words, it means when a country in order to stabilize or grow its domestic economy ends up harming the neighboring economies. The underlying problem is the scarcity of resources, and hence when one country tries to better itself, intentionally or unintentionally it takes up from…
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Living Life: Regressive and Progressive Aging
I have always seen aging as something that sort of happens and not something that we as people have control over it. More so I think we view aging in light of how well can one operate physically as well as mentally, but what if aging is more about how we view the process and…
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Jack of All: The Secret Behind Happiness?
Humans love boxes. Our houses are shaped like one. The walls of perspectives confine our minds. Most importantly, our occupation and skills should necessarily fit in a box that can be given a predefined label. We all have grown up listening to the phrase “Jack of all, Master of none.” This phrase was coined in…
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How Economics Can Help You Find Better Dates?
How to find love in this marketplace? Yes, you read it right! The dating scenario over time has been increasingly showing traits of a marketplace with many constituents conforming to traditional markets. Though this is not a new phenomenon. Since time immemorial, many communities have regarded marriage as an economic arrangement, the priority being the…
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Supernatural Beliefs: Keeping Madness at Bay
Adam Smith came up with the Invisible Hand theory (Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, 1776) and flipped the world upside down, especially the world of ethics. “Invisible hand theory,” says that individuals are self-serving beings, and it is because of this self-interest, economies grow. Individuals work to maximize their utilities and the aggregation maximises social…
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Tackling Climate Change with Heuristics
“The environment is where we all meet; where we all have a mutual interest; it is the one thing all of us share” ~Lady Bird Johnson. If this is true, then why don’t we care for the environment? The answer is – Heuristics. Heuristics is a quicker way to reach a decision, and it is…
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Dissecting Perfect
Perfection – A construct made by society. I often pondered what exactly being perfect means? Does it mean being devoid of flaws? But then it’s only when we make mistakes, we learn and become better, right? Then is perfection to fail forward? If we are always looking towards failure (even if it’s taking us ahead),…
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