Magic moments

  There are many memes out there about skiing, and let me tell you, they are all true . Skiing is one of those things that you either go all in, or you stay the hell away from, there is rarely a mid ground. Granted, it has a steep learning curve, but once you get over the first mental wall, the fun quadruples every time you go on the slopes. A geek (like me) might say that the learning curve is logarithmic and the fun curve is exponential, and they intersect in the best spot, also known as a weekend skier comfort zone . Its difficult to explain the level of joy skiing brings, if one hasn't tried it. It's like wanting to cry and laugh at the same time. It is sensory overload, you are scared and excited, hot and cold, happy and nervous at the same time. Its a feeling like no other. Its the only winter activity for adults that brings the inner child out. While skiing, it's socially acceptable to roll in the snow, otherwise it's awkward. Joke aside, skiing is a good winter ...

It was not that long ago when the world started to grow more interesting exponentially. Every day new invention, every day more books accessible, a new peak conquered, a new video on how to do something is available, a new gadget that makes something happen magically. One would think people would be ecstatic about it, so many things to learn, so many things to discover, NOPE. Humanity went the opposite way: into the State of 'Meh' . The reason for this again is the natural law of equilibrium . Let me elaborate.  Lets imagine a primitive group of people mostly driven by natural urges, like hunger, living on a patch of land. They eat what they find and the nature is in a state of equilibrium. Everyday they struggle to get food. All of a sudden one day, one of them discovers a solution, now they have an abundance of food (also known as farming, but I'm getting of topic here). The first generation that remembers how it was before, will in fact cherish the new invention and the ...