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I take pictures. And since you’re here on the website, you likely already know that; I doubt this statement can come as a surprise. What may surprise you, though, if you haven’t read the About Me section or if you haven’t looked carefully at the pictures, is that they are mostly analogue. And the process...
Imagine sitting at your desk on a random Tuesday, working, when a digital form appears on your screen. It asks you to click a button to deny someone’s health insurance claim flagged by the system as not meeting the expected standard. You know they desperately need it and that the system is not entirely fair....
What if the reason people fall down these massive ideological rabbit holes isn’t actually because they’re inherently gullible? What if it’s because they are just desperately, almost biologically, starved for a sense of agency and that very lack causes it? What if rigid political dogma isn’t this fundamental personality trait that you’re just born with;...
When I analyse people’s statements and try to understand who they are, I pay close attention to how they talk about other people. What someone says about others often reveals more than the relationship itself. It also reveals where their attention naturally goes and what they consider important. The same observation applies in ordinary conversation....
Imagine the Hansel and Gretel story with a twist. When Gretel realises the witch plans to cook them, she starts figuring out how to push her into the oven. But Hansel lies down on the floor of the cage and says, ‘No. I will wait. The world is wrong and at fault here so I’ll...
Recently, two things happened almost at the same time. First, I was completely ignored due to a mix of someone else’s anxiety and my own containment. I became invisible even though the task and responsibility were mine to carry. Second, a friend of mine was accused of being a perpetrator for appearing in the wrong...
Gifts are one of the hardest things in life to get right. We either struggle to find the right one or to react the right way. And then, there is also the minimalist movement – that “no more stuff” approach (myself included) – because getting more “stuff” doesn’t make us feel more loved. So, as...
Many years ago, I used to do jazz dance. It’s a form of modern dance where some moves are similar to ballet – turns, pirouettes, and so on. One of the skills you need for it is balance. But balance isn’t just about keeping your core muscles strong. It’s also about how every part of...
The (self-)help community promises you that you can be anyone you like and any way you like. That the new version of you is waiting just around the corner. And that if you run fast enough, you will bump into each other so hard that you will merge into a new you. But what if...
The negativity towards AI is constantly rising. We both love it and dread it, to be precise. We think of it as being the ultimate solution to human error and something that will destroy humanity. But what if it’s actually the best thing we could have developed, only we still need to learn HOW to...
I recently finished Dan Ariely’s recent book, called Misbelief. According to the description, it talks about why we fall into believing in conspiracy theories. But to me, it’s a book about some elements of critical thinking to use in our daily lives. Interestingly, only a few days before reading it, I had a chat about...
We all know the thriller books and the Hollywood productions about FBI profilers. The intuition they use is unbelievable. But it’s also “given”. They were born with a special talent to see into a killer’s mind. They just get hit by a vision and… instantly know what the killer felt like during the act. Only...
Burnout is a popular topic in psychology. The amount of research done since the 70s is astounding. Despite that fact, very little is being done about burnout at workplaces, while the problem may concern up to 10% of the European workforce, 17% of workers in non-European countries, and 28% of the US millennials (Demerouti et...
I hate the word “minimalism”. It’s been used and abused and associated with empty spaces and wearing only one type of single-colour t-shirt. In fact, some people really do go as far as having a single sweater and then suffering when having it mended. On the other hand, there are millions of people focusing on...
Knowing who you are guarantees lots of things. But it doesn’t guarantee one, knowing what you like and want. It may seem so obvious and so easy. After all, knowing what one enjoys and dislikes is something we do from the moment we are born, right? Actually, it’s not that simple. Some of us have...
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