The symposium (literally “communal drinking”) is one of the social traditions that has survived since the dawn of civilisation, when Demeter and Dionysus gifted the humans with grain and wine. Wine is liquid life-force: under the right circumstances, it joins the souls of those that enjoy it together. Wine is edgy: the same fiery power […]

Holiday is a time to experience optionality: we stray from standard paths and take detours. We de-frag and bootstrap our minds. We take time to explore things that pass us by in everyday routine. By now you have probably worked out that I’m on holiday 🙂 !!! Stuck on a long flight, I immediately went […]

Man is a social animal.  Yet, the fun one has at an event is often inversely proportional to the degree of involvement in organising it (as it turns out, organising a big event is the fifth most stressful job in America!). Being a host, like everything else, is a learned skill.  It helps when you grow up in […]