Tag: Illusion

At this point, the question is: how much do we know about body image and its negative impacts on the younger generation, as well as their authenticity crisis? Body image is a comprehensive psychological experience that includes one’s impression of one’s physical appearance, the thoughts ...

When told about the ancient Indian concept of Maya, which holds that the world is an illusion, most people both East and West shrug off the notion. If they ponder Maya at all, they relegate it to metaphysics, which is just as easy to disregard. But a century after the quantum revolution in physics, ...

As I watched the debt ceiling debacle unfold it struck home. The parties are complicit with each other, either for fundraising and/or to keep the status quo. We need more than two parties — and that means real parties, not ones that split the vote that everyone shy’s away from....

The rational investor cares about one thing; total investment returns. Total returns for stock market investors = capital gains + dividends — investment fees & taxes All that matters is, what is my account balance? If you have a $100,000 portfolio, the $100,000 is all we should care ...

First, a little economic philosophy. Stocks have value only because they represent ownership in the underlying business. The business only has value if it is generating or ultimately will generate free cash flow. This simply means that your ownership of said stock is a call option on cash generated ...

A postcard image, a selfie that would receive a thousand likes. A scene out of a movie — the end, of course, of a romantic drama, or a romcom, maybe starring Meg Ryan. But not Megan Fox, and I don’t know why. It’s a story of two people who were not born into magic &m...

Yes, you read the title correctly, but before you start throwing Koopa Shells or ACME anvils at me, let me explain. I’ve dabbled with some of the other great Metroidvanias of our time, but as much as I loved the idea of sinking my time into these types of games, they just never gr...