What is fear? Why do we experience fear, and how does it affect us? Well, fear is quite simply one of the most basic and primal emotions that we are capable of experiencing. Most animals share this emotion with us, from mice to men. Fear is the drive that takes us away from danger, and… [Read More]
Archives for June 2010
Wisdom Distilled from the Top: A Yakezie Carnival
I recently went for a three day hiking and camping trip with my girlfriend to the mountains of New England. It was a fun adventure, though it was quite exhausting. We hiked the long trail of Mt. Mansfield all the way to the summit and then back down in the same day, and in the… [Read More]
Betting on the Future
Are you the type of person that occasionally likes to gamble? Do you ever go to the casino and play slots or table games, hoping to score a big hit? How about poker, a game in which skill plays a big part, as well as luck. Or perhaps you like to bet on horse racing?… [Read More]
The “Guest Post”: A Deceptive Advertising Trick
The role of advertising on the Internet is changing. With the rising power of Google and the role of links in determining placement in the search results, a growing number of companies are seeking to buy their way up the rankings by purchasing links on other websites. The problem with purchasing links in order to… [Read More]
How Rich Are You?
In the beginning of time, every man was equally poor, or equally rich, depending on how you look at it. Then we discovered agriculture, and the surplus of food enabled specialization of labour, which gave birth to cities and to civilization. Since then, we’ve been more or less divided into three economic groups: The poor, the… [Read More]




