Category: Philosophy
-
Looking back, this year began not with fireworks, as usual, but with a golden sunrise at Annapurna Base Camp, 4,130 meters above sea level in Nepal. After three strenuous days of trekking, reaching the base camp felt like a quiet achievement, especially with minimal acclimatization. There is a saying: to truly know yourself, climb a…
-
For many, the words goal setting trigger not motivation but anxiety. The term evokes images of relentless discipline, rigid schedules, unrealistic expectations, and a life in which spontaneity quietly disappears. Perhaps the most poetic sarcasm I have ever heard captures this irony beautifully: “The whole purpose of my life is to find the purpose of…
-
If we observe keenly, we see that most of our time and energy is spent in reaction. We react to events, to people, to the world as it appears, but more fundamentally, we react to our own perceptions. These perceptions are never raw; they are filtered through the inner self, be it called the soul,…
-
In recent years, AI assistants such as ChatGPT, Grok, Qwen, Claude, and DeepSeek have become deeply integrated into everyday life. Whether for content creation, career advice, life coaching, medical queries, or business strategies, these tools are increasingly regarded as reliable sources of guidance—almost like modern-day oracles. Their responses, often delivered with fluency, confidence, and remarkable…
-
Jordan’s Foreign Minister, Ayman Safadi, criticized Israel in September 2024 for its lack of a clear “end game” in its strategy, accusing the nation of perpetuating conflict rather than pursuing resolution. Responding to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s assertion that “we are surrounded by enemies,” Safadi emphasized, “We are here, members of the Muslim-Arab committee,…
-
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.” When Thomas Jefferson penned these words in the American Declaration of Independence in 1776, he framed happiness not as a…
-
My recent journey through China, making it my thirty-ninth country to visit, a long-awaited addition to my travel bucket list, provided a compelling case study for understanding modern development. The trip began in the bustling industrial heartland of Guangzhou, continued through the futuristic streets of Shenzhen, included a transit flight via Shanghai, and concluded in…
-
The human mind is like a feather caught in the wind, perpetually swayed by external forces, drifting wherever the currents may take it. Who we are is constantly shaped by our environment. While change is undeniably difficult, the pain of stagnation can be far more excruciating than the discomfort of change. Research suggests that one…
-
“Mankind is from Adam and Eve; an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab, nor does a non-Arab have any superiority over an Arab. A white person has no superiority over a Black person, nor does a Black person have any superiority over a white person, except by piety and good action.” – Prophet Muhammad,…
-
I recently started reading The Coming Wave by Mustafa Suleyman, the co-founder of DeepMind. DeepMind, the pioneering AI company behind AlphaGo, was acquired by Google in 2014. In 2016, AlphaGo achieved a historic milestone by defeating Lee Sedol, one of the world’s top players of the ancient and complex board game Go, in a five-game…
faznotes.com 