Let’s start designing for humans instead. — ‘Forget the damned car and build cities for lovers and friends’ — Lewis Mumford Automobiles have had an unprecedented effect on our society, the magnitude of the revolution has been hard to fathom. The effect? Urban planners have started to cater to the needs of the automobile rather than that…

And the role human psychology plays in it. — Why are urban crimes so persistent in our inner-city neighbourhoods? Does it have to do something with the role of the police working more diligently in high crime areas and less so in marginal areas at risk? These are the questions that are addressed by James Q. Wilson and George…

Especially during this pandemic — ‘ A generation that cannot endure boredom will be a generation of little men, of men unduly divorced from the slow processes of nature, of men in whom every vital impulse slowly withers as though they were cut flowers in a vase’ -Bertrand Russell, British philosopher. As defined in the…

Technology is a tool and it’s up to us to use it wisely — I’ve often come across articles spreading misinformation on social media sites, ‘Drink harmful chemicals to sanitize the body from within’ being one. It’s not all the fault of social media when something said by the President of the United States starts trending on Twitter. Is the algorithm taking control over…

The human flaw. — It has been a long-lasting debate as to whether we as individuals give more emphasis to luxury rather than necessity? Many psychologists have pursued an interest in this matter and have forged many theories, one of the more famous ones being proposed by James Maslow, in his hierarchy of needs. …

The key to success is consistency. — If you’re here for that one piece of advice that will make you an overnight success, I’m afraid I do not have any advice for you. But the one thing that can guarantee you success in your writing voyage is consistency. Whether you consistently curate 100, 1000, or 10,000 words…

To do two things together in a haste is to do neither. — People often overcomplicate the idea of creativity. We make it seem as though it is some unthinkable fleeting thought which needs to be held on to. And that’s what makes it so difficult to sustain a level of creativity over a prolonged period of time — our perception of it. Everyday Creativity …

The algorithm predicts based on the data you provide it — In today’s day and age, technological advancements have radically changed the way we live our lives, affecting our very lifestyles. Social media is one such parasite that the internet has brought to our lives; connectivity and communication have lured us into their usage. …

Be a Jack of all trades rather than a perfectionist — The trade-off between happiness and work ethic has steadily tipped towards the former- millennials being the new trendsetters. Rather than being a fore-runner in their field, millennials have resorted to an ideology of just getting by. But, is this the right approach going forward? The number of individuals who are…