Topic

Living

A collection of 53 issues

The Price of Time : A Personal Discourse on Valuing Life’s Most Fleeting Currency

In the relentless churn of daily obligations, demands, and the omnipresent noise of modern existence, I have come to one nagging question: What is the worth of my time? Time — this currency no bank vault can hold, no ledger can account for, and no contract can truly secure. Perhaps the

How Our Existence Unfolds as Contradictions?

Existence is a curious paradox, isn’t it? Here we are, suspended between the yearning for infinite possibilities and the stark finitude of our lives, caught in a web of contradictions that define our very being. We crave freedom yet cling to structure, seek connection yet guard our solitude, and

The Absurdity of Legacy : Why Do We Care About What Happens After We Die?

Legacy is a peculiar obsession. As humans, we expend vast energy, time, and emotion constructing monuments to our existence — whether those monuments are tangible, like buildings and books, or intangible, like reputation or influence. The irony, however, is glaring : we do all this knowing we will never witness the fruits

The Psychopolitics of Desire : Sovereignty, Subjugation, and the Endless Loop of Yearning

In moments of stillness, when the frenetic hum of modern life momentarily subsides, a disquieting thought takes hold of me : are the desires that drive my choices, shape my ambitions, and tether me to this world truly mine? Or am I merely a vessel — a transient repository for yearnings that

Endless Hunger : The Economy as a Machine of Desire and Transformation

The economy is often treated as a mechanistic system, ruled by equations of supply and demand, cycles of growth and recession, and abstract concepts like “market forces.” But what if we step beyond the cold calculus and see it instead as a “desiring-machine” — a sprawling, interconnected system not merely driven

What Becomes of Us When Stripped of Our Illusions?

We live amidst illusions so deeply woven into the fabric of our lives that most of us mistake them for reality. They are comforting shrouds — myths of permanence, constructs of meaning, the false coherence of identity, the allure of progress. These illusions sustain us, individually and collectively, like fragile scaffolding

Elegy for the Coiled Souls

There’s a unique sadness I feel when I encounter people who embody, in their own way, the likeness of a snake. The sadness isn’t a sorrow I feel for myself or for the interactions we’ve had, but rather a quiet lament for them, for the human condition

Consumerism and the Absurd Search for Fulfillment : A Tale of False Promises and Empty Shelves

As I sit in solitude, far from the humming neon lights of shopping malls and the endless scroll of online marketplaces, a thought takes root in my mind : the absurdity of life is magnified by our insatiable appetite for consumption. We have built a world where fulfillment is not only

Death and Sleep : What If They Are Twins?

Every night I lay my head down, surrendering to sleep, it feels like a rehearsal for a greater cessation. Sleep, the most familiar phenomenon of living, so intimately mirrors death that it seems almost poetic, even haunting. What if these two — the darkness of sleep and the abyss of death

The Quiet Cage : How Society Has Been Domesticating Humans?

I have often wondered, as I sit in the silence of my solitude, about the invisible bars encasing our lives. They are not made of steel, nor are they obvious. They are the bars of norms, expectations, and institutional conditioning that I have come to see as society’s quiet