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My name's Dennis

I live in Köln.

I love learning new things and being inspired by the internet and its many creative individuals.

I like playing the guitar and volleyball and more recently boxing and weight lifting.

I'm trying my best to be a cosmopolitan because I think the idea of nationalism is out of date.

This is a snippet of my life (and/or what I find interesting).

 

December 15
I’m going to take a disciplined approach to the books I’ve accumulated for the past few years. I’m going to take them one-at-a-time, reading at least 50 pages into each before making a decision either to finish or to move on.I just finished Anthem by Ayn Rand and am about to start The Stuff of Thought by Steven Pinker. I would like to write a review of each book after I read it but that seems like more work than I want to commit myself to. I’ll give Anthem a briefy:As an Ayn Rand fan, I enjoyed it. If you’re interested in her philosophy of individuality, but are intimidated by The Fountainhead (~600 pages) and Atlas Shrugged (twice as many), Anthem is an easy start. It’s similar to Orwell’s 1984 in portraying a man’s attempt to escape a totalitarian society, but that culture is future-primitive, as opposed to Orwell’s complex military-industrial England. It’s also quite brief (under 100 pages) and didn’t suck me into a deep, claustrophic nightmare as 1984 did.Ok, there’s my first book review! — jakoblodwickthis reminds me of my search for plans of what to do with my free time (3 months) during the summer break of 2006. it’s funny how all of a sudden a lack of a stiff working routine that everybody wishes they could have in a moment they can’t turns into pure boredom and non-fulfilment. it’s the typical human mentality which hinders our appreciation for stuff we have plenty of. just think about how much you appreciate getting a single day off that extends your weekend compared to a single day during a 2-3week vacation.while i had a lot of time to get things done that summer and even made myself a to-do-list i ended up playing computer games and watching tv shows most of the time which led to a state of even more boredom and unfulfilment.i was glad when my daily routine began all over and didn’t have the feeling anymore that i was totally dumbing down by my lack of inaction which looking back i seem to have needed after some gruelsome 5 semesters of non-stop studying for med school.i like jakob’s approach with all the books to read and his idea of getting tutors to teach him in various areas. the problematic thing is probably the setting of too far-fetched goals and consequently frustration and/or distraction  with/from the original idea.i think that this phase will lead to an emotinal and creative catharsis that will result in him getting back in the online business sharper than ever just as it brought myself back from burn-out to highly motivated student. good luck with that.

I’m going to take a disciplined approach to the books I’ve accumulated for the past few years. I’m going to take them one-at-a-time, reading at least 50 pages into each before making a decision either to finish or to move on.

I just finished Anthem by Ayn Rand and am about to start The Stuff of Thought by Steven Pinker. I would like to write a review of each book after I read it but that seems like more work than I want to commit myself to. I’ll give Anthem a briefy:

As an Ayn Rand fan, I enjoyed it. If you’re interested in her philosophy of individuality, but are intimidated by The Fountainhead (~600 pages) and Atlas Shrugged (twice as many), Anthem is an easy start. It’s similar to Orwell’s 1984 in portraying a man’s attempt to escape a totalitarian society, but that culture is future-primitive, as opposed to Orwell’s complex military-industrial England. It’s also quite brief (under 100 pages) and didn’t suck me into a deep, claustrophic nightmare as 1984 did.

Ok, there’s my first book review!

— jakoblodwick

this reminds me of my search for plans of what to do with my free time (3 months) during the summer break of 2006.

it’s funny how all of a sudden a lack of a stiff working routine that everybody wishes they could have in a moment they can’t turns into pure boredom and non-fulfilment. it’s the typical human mentality which hinders our appreciation for stuff we have plenty of. just think about how much you appreciate getting a single day off that extends your weekend compared to a single day during a 2-3week vacation.

while i had a lot of time to get things done that summer and even made myself a to-do-list i ended up playing computer games and watching tv shows most of the time which led to a state of even more boredom and unfulfilment.

i was glad when my daily routine began all over and didn’t have the feeling anymore that i was totally dumbing down by my lack of inaction which looking back i seem to have needed after some gruelsome 5 semesters of non-stop studying for med school.

i like jakob’s approach with all the books to read and his idea of getting tutors to teach him in various areas. the problematic thing is probably the setting of too far-fetched goals and consequently frustration and/or distraction  with/from the original idea.

i think that this phase will lead to an emotinal and creative catharsis that will result in him getting back in the online business sharper than ever just as it brought myself back from burn-out to highly motivated student. good luck with that.