I’ve always loved playing pinball. Hands-down, it’s my favourite arcade game and holds me longer than any video game could. There’s a physicality to playing pinball which I feel engages me in the gameplay more naturally than any other game. I also appreciate the complexity of the design which often have a Rube Goldberg quality …
Healthy Solipsism
I just finished reading Anil Seth’s book, “Being You”, which is an exploration of the research currently being done in consciousness. His book makes a brief reference to “solipsism”, the notion that nothing else exists outside your own mind. I’ve come across references to solipsism in several other books over the past few years, and …
Lessons from a Garden Task List
I struggle with tasks and getting things done just like the next person. I’m always on the lookout for the reasons why that is, though - lessons are to be found everywhere for me. Whether my tasks are work-related or just things in my personal life, I’ve found some things that help me understand my …
Analog & Digital
We all have yin & yang elements to us - light & dark, left & right, logical & creative. These elements can sometimes stand in stark contrast with each other and in some cases, we’ve become acclimatized to keeping them separate. I remember first learning about the left & right hemispheres of the brain in …
