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The Green King - A Book about Greatness Introduction You should read this book. Simple as that. There are many novels that have an incredible story, compelling characters and big ideas. But there are few that do it so well. As much as I dislike reading, I've always maintained that books are indeed better than movies because the experience can be much more significant. And this book is a clear example for that. Why it's so Amazing The story starts off very small with a few a…
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Jitsi - My Favorite New Video Conferencing Software Lockdown has changed everything about the way we work. In particular it has changed how we *communicate*. Since we are now working from home, we have all become accustomed to using Zoom, Teams, Discord and a myriad of other video conferencing software. I in particular really dislike many of these applications. There's always some combination of things that make them terrible to use. In some instances you need login details,…
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Massive Growth of Veganism is because of One Rule I am perpetually startled at the massive growth of Veganism. What once was a fledgling idea has now spread to all corners of the world and is now in the public consciousness. It's no longer dismissed, but instead taken quite seriously. Here's are couple of stats to stress the point: https://healthcareers.co/vegan-statistics/ 300% increase in the number of Vegans in the UK since 2014 In the US, plant-based product sales grew…
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Deep Fakes Dystopia and how to Solve it Introduction Technology has been moving at a breakneck speed providing a myriad of advancements for all of us - but at the same time some very disconcerting pitfalls have emerged too. One such development has been DeepFakes. What seems like a super fun technology also has the ability to do some serious harm to our society. This article talks about how we can mitigate the worrying aspects of DeepFakes. What are Deepfakes Deepfakes are…
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Is your Retirement Policy Safe? This week I decided to check in on my retirement policy and see how it's doing. After all with the stock markets being so volatile our policies could fluctuate drastically. These are strange times so keeping an eye on those finances makes sense - hence I made contact with my policy provider. Going through Correct Channels First I tried to log in to the online system. To my surprise it doesn't accept my login credentials and trying to request a…
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I went Vegan Overnight - Here's how I did it Introduction The 28th of August 2016 is a very important day for me. That's the day I went Vegan and I've never looked back. Many people think it's crazy that I went Vegan overnight -but honestly it's not a big hassle. In fact, for some people this could be the best way to do it. Just make a decision and go with it. Perhaps the best thing about this approach is that you can truly evaluate for yourself the effects before being…
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Elon Musks’ Grand Plan Elon Musk has interests in a myriad of stunning ventures. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk Everything from electric vehicles to artificial intelligence. With this vast array of successful businesses, you’ve got to ask yourself; what’s it all for? where’s it headed? and are these ventures all interconnected? I think we can make an *educated guess* as to what the grand plan is. It is amazing to see what he has accomplished throughout his three…
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World Meat Free Week 15-21 June 2020 We're all spoilt for choice these days. Our meat free options for meals are increasing in leaps and bounds. Everywhere you look there are alternative meat products. Even the most ravenous carnivore would be satiated by the delicious wonderful tastes and aromas of a meat free dish. The Headlines We can hardly be surprised because if you look at the headlines, you can see the tides are turning. Nestle Invests Over $100 Million To Build…
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Guys should do Yoga. A good few years ago I decided to try out rock climbing. Having been inspired by Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible 2, this seemed like a super fun thing do. I went to a remote region in northern Gauteng and under the supervision of an excellent rock climbing expert I gave rock climbing a try. At the time I was in my best physical shape - I was very muscular with six percent body fat and strength to boot. For all this power that I had, it didn't do me *any…
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Anarchism - The Best Form of Democracy? Introduction I am a huge fan of Star Trek. Even to this day I still re-watch it. There's so much to like about that Star Trek. I like the space flight, I like the adventure, I like the technology and of course I like the compelling alien cultures that have so much to share. Every once in while whenever I watch Star Trek they'll drop a *mind bomb*. They'll say that there is *no money* in the future, or that poverty was wiped out, or…
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Jack Vettriano – The Singing Butler I absolutely adore this painting. It’s a painting by Jack Vettriano – it’s called The Singing Butler and it was produced in 1992. As I recall, I first saw it when I was a kid. I liked it back then and I’m still enchanted with it now. Since it was painted such a long time ago it has had sufficient time to become quite famous. And indeed you probably will have come across it at some point. It fits in with era of the nineties because they…
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Support Workers and the #BoycottMeat Movement Introduction News reports around the world highlight that we are failing to get the COVID-19 pandemic under control. In fact, things are getting worse. The United States is seeing a massive resurgence in COVID-19 cases and countries like China and South Korea that appeared to have it under control are experiencing a resurgence. This is indeed very troubling. Whats even worse is that we are now identifying certain industries as…