The only thing I love more than seeing new places is meeting new people, and the most fascinating people I have ever encountered have inevitably been on the road. …

To even the most intrepid mind, Papua represents adventure and frontier. The island itself is split in two; the west side is called Irian Jaya and belongs to Indonesia, while the Eastern part is Papua New Guinea. So how did my pale white ass end up in a place like…

Fascism and Marxism: Two flowers from the same stem You don’t need to be paying much attention to understand that we have a major problem in Western societies. …

Buddhism has many complex and mind-bending concepts, and they often have one word to describe them. Anatta roughly translates as ‘not-self’, although understanding this concept requires a little more than understanding what it translates as. So, what is Anatta and how can a Western mind understand it? Let’s dive in. …

I mentioned in my last article that Pai, North Thailand, is one of my favourite places in the world. When I first went there, back in 2007, I felt immediately at home. …

I first left home when I was 17 years old, and since then, I’ve been in hundreds of cities in dozens of countries. …

I wrote previously that I believe Bitcoin is the most misunderstood technology on the planet. I’ll explain what it really is and why I believe it’s so revolutionary here. If you read newspapers and tabloids, you’ve probably formed the opinion that Bitcoin is a shadowy, untraceable currency that can be…

They say you should never talk about the women you used to know after you get married. As a writer, I disagree if there’s a good story in it. My wife knows most of these stories, and in fact, she cleared me to write this, so it’s all good. I…

It’s early AM in Bangkok, but it’s already sticky hot. I’m sitting on the steps of a travel agency, waiting for it to open so I can buy a bus ticket to Chiang Mai. The smell of exhaust fumes and incense fills the air. …