If you’re heading East towards Yellowstone National Park on the scenic and tricky US-14, then you have to take the time to stop by and touch real dinosaur tracks. Discovered only near the turn of the 21st century, the dinosaur Read more
The Vocation Lectures By Max Weber While not a book in its original format, the bounded text is as influential in the field of social sciences as it was when first delivered as lectures in Munich in the late 1910’s. Read more
Mall City: Hong Kong’s Dreamworlds of Consumption Edited by Stefan Al With more shopping malls per square kilometre than any other place on Earth, there’s no better place to research the use of retail space than Hong Kong. This was Read more
In order of height from tallest to littlest, Andrew, Abraham, Casper, Charlie, and I were the closest of buddies from our days in high school. We each went our different ways shortly after graduation, but we always kept in touch Read more
The Protestant Ethic and the “Spirit” of Capitalism By Max Weber This controversial piece of work was written at the turn of the 20th century by German philosopher Max Weber. I had the opportunity to read this text in depth Read more
Cities Without Ground By Adam Frampton, Jonathan Solomon, Clara Wong Between its many contributing authors, one of the core messages I understood from the book was Hong Kong’s lack of a sense of land. Where American and European homeowners would Read more
Chemnitz represents two things to me; the love of trying out new exotic experiences, and my amateur fascination with the history of architecture. My first time in Chemnitz lasted just a few hours, but was enough to give me a Read more
I didn’t know how high the sky was until I passed over the Rockies, I didn’t know how large the earth was until I got lost in the plains of Minnesota, I didn’t know how empty the sea was until Read more
About ten years ago, former US President Barack Obama claimed that women in the US were paid 77 cents on the dollar when compared to men. Soon after, further dissemination of the studies showed that the actual pay gap between Read more
If you want to fall in love, the 36 questions that lead to love are terrible at doing that. I suspect that the online videos showing people falling in love after answering the questions are only doing it for show. Read more