Story; a form of stored information presented in a narrative form. Stories are how we make sense, perceive and enjoy the world. Everything is a story, from the gossip about our neighbours, to the more classical novel and all the way from instagram stories and Snapchat to movies and series. We consume stories in ways never heard of before. While they used to be passed on mouth to mouth and thought to contain events as they happened, we have moved toward elaborate fictional stories without any ...

Story; a form of stored information presented in a narrative form. Stories are how we make sense, perceive and enjoy the world. Everything is a story, from the gossip about our neighbours, to the more classical novel and all the way from instagram stories and Snapchat to movies and series. We consume stories in ways never heard of before. While they used to be passed on mouth to mouth and thought to contain events as they happened, we have moved toward elaborate fictional stories without any ...

Today I was rejected my a great company offering me a great opportunity. I say they are great although after being I rejected I realise they might not be. Especially not for me. Let me tell the story backwards (a classic mistake). After interviewing for a company that I real like for a really nice role, I was rejected for not being social enough. I came off as too shy/nervous they said. Fair maybe, lots of people are nervous during interviews. It wasn’t an interview though. It was a trial day...

Today I was rejected my a great company offering me a great opportunity. I say they are great although after being I rejected I realise they might not be. Especially not for me. Let me tell the story backwards (a classic mistake). After interviewing for a company that I real like for a really nice role, I was rejected for not being social enough. I came off as too shy/nervous they said. Fair maybe, lots of people are nervous during interviews. It wasn’t an interview though. It was a trial day...

On idiocy Smartphones are the revolution of our current time. Every “empty” moment can now be filled with media. It doesn’t matter what is on the screen as long as there is something. Anything is better than being bored and we are in love with being distracted. I will argue for life being a distraction from death but that this form leads to unhappiness and insecurity. Interpersonal communication has been our method of distraction since the day of dawn. Humans converse in much the same way we ...

On idiocy Smartphones are the revolution of our current time. Every “empty” moment can now be filled with media. It doesn’t matter what is on the screen as long as there is something. Anything is better than being bored and we are in love with being distracted. I will argue for life being a distraction from death but that this form leads to unhappiness and insecurity. Interpersonal communication has been our method of distraction since the day of dawn. Humans converse in much the same way we ...

So since last time I did not actually write an hour a day or at all to be honest but this time I am determined to put more effort in. Lots has changed for me, recently I went to India, nearly got arrested and learnt a lot on the way. This is a story I will come back to for learning purposes at some point in the future. Right now I would like to discuss free-will. This week I started working for the Austrian state for less than minimum wage in a position I am overqualified for and which I do n...

So since last time I did not actually write an hour a day or at all to be honest but this time I am determined to put more effort in. Lots has changed for me, recently I went to India, nearly got arrested and learnt a lot on the way. This is a story I will come back to for learning purposes at some point in the future. Right now I would like to discuss free-will. This week I started working for the Austrian state for less than minimum wage in a position I am overqualified for and which I do n...

So my goal with this blog is to start writing, one hour a day. Bear with me as the beginning might be bad and or not good to read. The aim of this is to put my psychological observations to paper and create a kind of guide towards happiness from a scientific perspective. I will try to address and hopefully find cures for the “human condition”. Along the way it will contain observations made in an unscientific manner linked to my own interpretations of current psychological research. So firstl...

So my goal with this blog is to start writing, one hour a day. Bear with me as the beginning might be bad and or not good to read. The aim of this is to put my psychological observations to paper and create a kind of guide towards happiness from a scientific perspective. I will try to address and hopefully find cures for the “human condition”. Along the way it will contain observations made in an unscientific manner linked to my own interpretations of current psychological research. So firstl...