Articles for tag: philosophy, mind, existential, The Matrix

Welcome to the desert of the real

I’ve written before on The Matrix in 2021.  Of late, I am revisiting many clips from YouTube. I think this is probably related to the unreal state of affairs in health and social services that I see everyday. So I decided to consolidate some ideas about the movies – originally it came out in 1999. ...

The harshness of the existential void

Meaning and purpose are important aspects of human life. I don’t think many will disagree. It becomes intolerable for many people when these two things are absent. Meaninglessness and purposelessness are very difficult to cope with. I’m a bit afraid to alert anyone reading this that there is a YouTube vid down below, because I ...

Comfortably unbound

What happens when you – meaning me – breaks all rules and imperatives of bonds? What the devil am I talking about!? The bonds are those rules that say what we ought to do and be – to appear normal – and be part of the ‘herd’. Departing from the rules given to the herd, ...