by Lachlan Nicholson | Dec 29, 2024 | Blog
Success, or more precisely, the narrative by which popular culture defines it is a funny thing. In the eyes of the world, markers of success include having far more money than you or your family actually need (assuming you’ve even bothered to have a family),...
by Lachlan Nicholson | Dec 20, 2024 | Blog
Within the pop culture lexicon of this era, one of the most misused and poorly defined words is “trauma”. Trauma is a medical term, which is supposed to refer to injuries of a severe or lasting nature, whether physical or mental. Yet today, people casually throw it...
by Lachlan Nicholson | Dec 14, 2024 | Blog
Despite blisteringly rapid technological advancement, the presence of nihilism looms large over our era and I believe this is because the basic assumptions which underpin global cosmopolitan culture are its inevitable cause. Polite society has quite frankly become...
by Lachlan Nicholson | Dec 6, 2024 | Blog
In short, no, but I explain why in this...
by Lachlan Nicholson | Dec 2, 2024 | Blog
If you spend time on social media and have any inclination at all toward philosophy, you’ll no doubt have seen memes featuring a Greek or Roman bust, along with a brief quote from stoic philosophy. In broad terms, stoicism is a system of thought which seeks to...
by Lachlan Nicholson | Dec 1, 2024 | Blog
As a lifelong quadriplegic, I have struggled for many years with profound depression and suicidal ideation. Something I’ve found extremely helpful in coping when times are dark is music. A song entitled “Wasteland” by Royal & the Serpent was...
