As a heads up for readers, my next two pieces will be on “Neoliberalism” and “Urban Sociology” and in that particular order. But as in previous instances, it will take some time for me to collect and receive all the relevant reading material for these two upcoming pieces. Therefore, I would like to thank you … Continue reading Public Service Announcement, September 23, 2022 →

My love is as a fever longing still,For that which longer nurseth the disease;Feeding on that which doth preserve the ill,The uncertain sickly appetite to please.My reason, the physician to my love,Angry that his prescriptions are not kept,Hath left me, and I desperate now approveDesire is death, which physic did except.Past cure I am, now … Continue reading Shakespeare’s Dark Lady Sonnets, Number 147 →

In defining the concept or term known as “equilibrium,” the late Thomas Schelling wrote: “An equilibrium is a situation in which some motion or activity or adjustment or response has died away, leaving something stationary, at rest, “in balance,” or in which several things that have been interacting, adjusting to each other and to each … Continue reading Nash Equilibrium →

Although this was my second time in Chicago, a lot of it felt brand new and much different than the first time I was in Chicago exactly eight years ago. Nevertheless, as one of America’s three “global cities” alongside New York and Los Angeles, Chicago is an experience that should be had and enjoyed to … Continue reading A Food Lover’s Journey Through Time, Chicago Edition →

One of the most important and significant concepts or ideas at the heart of what we would consider to be the ‘philosophy of language’ is called “Language Games” which in turn was conceived and developed by the 20th century Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. What the concept or idea of “Language Games” suggests is that the … Continue reading On Language →