The Power of Negative Thinking
For too long the cult of positive thinking has reigned. And look where it got us ? Optimism has cost the world a financial meltdown. The banking “masters of the universe”, devoid of pessimism, were super confident in their predictions, channelling a belief that everything would be OK, and using it to motivate others. We were [...]
Choice by David Foster Wallace
I am 33 now and it feels like much time has passed and is passing faster and faster each day. Day to day I have to make all sorts of choices about what is good and important and fun, and then i have to live with the forfeiture of all the other options those choices [...]
David Foster Wallace
I have seen sucrose beaches and water a very bright blue. I have seen an all-red leisure suit with flared lapels. I have smelled what suntan lotion smells like spread over 21000 pounds of hot flesh. I have been addressed as “Mon” in three different nations. I have watched 500 upscale Americans dance the Electric [...]
Tired of Modern Life
Welcome to the Age of Exhaustion. Relentless consumption, spiralling debt, information overload. Is modern life making you ill? William Leith discovers the hidden problems with living in a 24-hour world On a Sunday morning in early June, Kate, a 36-year-old counsellor, was sitting on a sofa, drinking a cup of tea, and saying she didn’t [...]
