The world is getting stranger - or is it? How did we get here? What can we do about it, if it is?

This is a space to attempt to answer these questions with systems, not short answers. In a world of places that seek to give you "truth" I'm merely testing out hypotheses.

This page will mostly contain long posts that look to explore a tiny topic in a lot of detail so that we get to capture that which eludes many in day-to-day info dumps. Nuance and context.
If you have more to add of either - get involved!

Here you will see my musings about life, work, society and politics - sometimes in a overly-explained format, but if that is what nuance and context requires, so be it! On a daily basis I look at the world and wonder - What, how and why? This is the space where I get to yap in a written form and document my own learnings. Stick around, you may find something interesting!

However I'm not looking to create a community based on some simplistic 3-word motto. Community is built from and by humans and we are messy, chaotic and beautiful.

*The author reserves the right to occasionally post some short funny things, plays on words that she finds amusing or frankly silly. Come on I'm sure even the stoics and philosophers had great one-liners!

About the author

Mariya is what in her home country they would describe as a "wooden philosopher". Also may be referred to as a professional yapper, yolkless egghead and know-it-all-done-it-none.

Some posts may be in a language other than English.

Rules of Engagement

  1. Assume and approach with positive intent.
  2. Don't act with malice - aforethought or not (where my law people at?)
  3. Discussions are welcome, modern style of destructive debate is not.
  4. If you have knowledge to add and share - please do. No one can know everything so always look to share knowledge, here or out in the real world!

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