by M. W. Wollacott | Jul 25, 2022 | Being, Philosophy, Ponderings
Is it possible to know everything there is to know? That’s a question which came to me while cooking dinner the other night. It part came from the world around me at that moment and part from movies where humans tap into unused brain space for limitless knowledge and...
by M. W. Wollacott | Jul 25, 2022 | Human Evolution
Ghost populations are fragments of human DNA which belong to unknown humanoid ancestors. DNA and genome studies into 300,000 years of humanity has shown a rich and complicated picture of archaic and modern elements spread over a wide range of areas and times. Some of...
by M. W. Wollacott | Jul 25, 2022 | Beasts and Monsters
In 2006, I had the great chance to tour California with a Japanese friend. We started in LA and went north up to Monterrey, San Francisco, and Sacramento. On the way back we went via Yosemite National Park and there a bear jumped in front of our car. We stared at each...
by M. W. Wollacott | Jul 25, 2022 | Runari
The Way of the Runari is a philosophy which combines principles on how we live our lives and paths to self-improvement. A love of art, culture, nature, and people, is one of the key ingredients. However, this is matched by creation, conservation, fellowship, and...
by M. W. Wollacott | Mar 7, 2022 | Being, Philosophy
Have you ever felt overloaded by all the information coming at you? It’s not just that so much of it is biased or inaccurate, it’s the sheer quantity. We get it on the TV, on social media, from news sites, in search engine results, from friends, and on YouTube. I’ve...
by M. W. Wollacott | Mar 7, 2022 | Being, Philosophy, Ponderings
The virtues of isolation are an opportunity for self-reflection, a change to change and improve yourself, better connection with nature, and increased creativity. In addition to this, isolation can improve empathy, concentration, and memory creation. It has its risks,...
by M. W. Wollacott | Mar 7, 2022 | Being, Philosophy, Ponderings
The five traits you need to obsess over in order to become a master are growth, negative feedback, truth, skills (not knowledge) and failure. In a recent video (see below), Modern Health Monk, AKA Alexander Heyne, outlined his five traits you need to become a master....
by M. W. Wollacott | Mar 7, 2022 | History, Leonardo da Vinci
To journal like Leonardo da Vinci, you need to keep your journal with you. Write about everything – thoughts, jokes, ideas, self-affirmations, and more. You can doodle, write backwards or in code. Just get it all down. In 1994, billionaire tech entrepreneur,...
by M. W. Wollacott | Mar 7, 2022 | History, Leonardo da Vinci
Dietary advice is ten a penny at the moment. Scientific studies which cannot be replicated are taken as gospel until contradicted and every celebrity has some goopy idea or other. So it is no surprise some are going back to long dead greats to see what their diets...
by M. W. Wollacott | Mar 7, 2022 | History, Leonardo da Vinci
I’m a light sleeper – it takes a while to get to sleep and I’m woken up easily during the night. Plus I wake up at the time I was born – 3:15am most nights. If only I’d been born at 3:15pm! Like many people, I’ve often wondered how to make my sleep...
