“When pride enters the conversation, logic jumps off a cliff” — Samurai Rising As I write this, I am currently in week 4 of an 8-week MMA camp to raise money for Cancer Research UK, I will be fighting on the evening of the 27th of November. I undertook this…

“Suffering follows an evil thought as the wheels of a cart follow the oxen that draw it”. — The Dhammapada. What if I told you that we are all actually mentally ill? Some would dismiss this statement as absurd or the work of a charlatan. …

Up or Down? Look down, what do you see? You probable see your hands, a screen and the floor. These are things that are within your reach. What you see when you look down are things within your reach, things you can control right now, things you can move and…

Let’s start by asking ourselves this simple question: can a mind be infected? Not a brain, but a mind itself? With a bit of time spent reflecting on this seemingly simple question it will become apparent that the realm of our ideas are constantly bombarded by new ideas. The question…

An ecosystem can simply be viewed as a symbiotic interaction between living and non living entities which each take up a unique form in space and time. Each one of these forms has its own attributes, capabilities and restrictions that keeps it in tune with its natural surroundings. The simplest…

The world has made huge strides in overcoming global poverty. Since 1990, more than 1.2 billion people have risen out of extreme poverty. In 2019, 9.2% of the world survived on $1.90 a day or less, compared to nearly 36% in 1990. The pandemic however threatens to reverse decades of…

Food is a major economic commodity, but only a few countries actually excel at food production. Most agricultural products require a lot of land, which only the largest countries have in abundance. In fact, the world’s four dominant food-producing countries all rank in the top five for total geographic size. …