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Picture a small band of hunter-gatherers, twenty or thirty people moving through grasslands and forests. They have stone tools, fire, and language, but no writing, no history, and no science. Every day is uncertain. A successful hunt means food, a failed one means hunger. A sudden storm can destroy shelter. Predators crouch at edges of vision, and sickness can strike without warning. Life is immediate, precarious, concentrated on breath and bone and movement. Even then, the human mind was restless. Unlike other creatures, we are wired not only to react but to ask why. Why did that thunder arrive when it did? Why did the hunt succeed this morning and fail the next? Why did one child live and another die? Survival rewarded people who noticed patterns and formed explanations, even tentative ones. If rustling leaves might hide a predator, assuming there is an agent moves you to safety. Better to err on the side of agency than to be caught unawares. Psychologists and evolutionary thinkers l...

Reading Bertrand Russell’s A History of Western Philosophy felt like stepping into the grand, winding corridors of Western thought — with Russell himself as your witty, insightful, and occasionally snarky guide. I didn’t open this book expecting to agree with everything. What I wanted was clarity, structure, and a sense of how all these big thinkers across the centuries connect. And that’s exactly what this book delivered, with a tone that balances intellect and irreverence brilliantly. Russell doesn’t just list philosophers. He sketches their ideas, yes, but also their lives, their contradictions, their blind spots. From the ancient Greeks to the modern rationalists, he doesn’t hesitate to praise where it's due, but he also critiques with surgical precision. He brings Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Descartes, Spinoza, Hume, Kant, Nietzsche — and so many more — into sharp, readable focus. What makes this book stand out to me is that Russell writes as both a philosopher and a histor...

There are books you read, and then there are books that read you back . The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir belongs to the latter. I didn’t pick it up expecting comfort or entertainment. I picked it up because I wanted to understand something deeper about the world we live in, about history, identity, and freedom. What I found was not just theory or analysis — it was confrontation. And reflection. And a kind of awakening. De Beauvoir begins with the bold and now iconic line: "One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman." That line alone blew my mind when I first read it. It completely dismantles the idea that gender is purely biological or natural. What she argues, with clarity and a kind of piercing logic, is that womanhood is constructed — built by layers of culture, religion, tradition, and economic roles over time. And that construction hasn't exactly been kind. The book is structured in two main volumes: Facts and Myths and Lived Experience . In Facts and Myth...

So, Thus Spoke Zarathustra ... where do I even begin? Honestly, this isn't just a book — it's a philosophical storm , a poetic manifesto, and at times, a riddle that bites its own tail. When I picked it up, I knew Nietzsche was going to challenge me — but I didn’t know how deeply it would reshape the way I look at morality, religion, power, and even personal growth. The book follows Zarathustra — a sage-like figure inspired by the historical Zoroaster — who descends from his solitude in the mountains to share his wisdom with humanity. But instead of being welcomed like some divine messenger, he's misunderstood, rejected, and often ridiculed. And that, right there, is symbolic. Nietzsche’s entire philosophy often falls on deaf ears — not because it's flawed, but because it's confronting. Now, Nietzsche doesn’t write like your typical philosopher. He writes like a poet on fire. The language is dense, symbolic, and highly lyrical. You can’t just read this book — you h...

Introduction Setting up an Express project with TypeScript can enhance your development experience by providing type safety and better tooling. In this guide, we’ll walk through the steps to create a simple Express application using TypeScript. Prerequisites Before we begin, ensure you have the following installed on your machine: Node.js : You can download it from nodejs.org . npm (Node Package Manager) comes with Node.js. Step 1: Initialize Your Project First, create a new directory for your project and navigate into it: mkdir my-express-ts-app cd my-express-ts-app Now, initialize a new Node.js project: npm init -y This command will create a package.json file in your project directory. Step 2: Install Dependencies Next, install Express and TypeScript along with the necessary types: npm install express npm install --save-dev typescript @types/node @types/express ts-node express : The web framework. typescript : The TypeScript compiler. @types/node : Type definitions for Node.js. @...

Some books change how you see a specific issue. This one changed how I see history itself . Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel isn’t just a history book — it’s a massive, ambitious attempt to answer one of the most controversial questions in human history: Why did some societies conquer and dominate others? And he doesn’t settle for easy answers like intelligence or culture. Instead, he goes to the roots — geography, biology, and environment. From the very start, Diamond lays out the challenge: Why did Europeans end up with the “guns, germs, and steel” that allowed them to colonize large parts of the world, while other civilizations didn’t? He’s not interested in blaming anyone or elevating one group over another — his goal is to strip away racial or cultural bias and explain history through science. What struck me most is how he emphasizes geography as the real game-changer. Eurasia, for example, had plants and animals that could be domesticated, a climate that supported food...