Difficulty

• Epictetus points out, there is no reason to tell stories about your past. It's boring, annoying, and self-absorbed. It might make you feel good to dominate the conversation and make it all about you, but how do you think it is for everyone else? Do you think people are really enjoying your l...

If we lack belief in ourself and our capabilities, our self esteem suffers. This results not only in a sense of worthlessness but also helplessness and even hopelessness. This in turn makes us feel inadequate and see everything as pointless. It is easy to stop trying to achieve b...

• The modern computer is a hierarchically organized system of computational artefacts.
• Hierarchical organization is a means of managing the complexity of an entity.
• Computational artefacts are made things; they process symbol structures signifying information,...