I’m proud to say that I’m not very easily proven wrong (at least in my opinion), and if I am, I very rarely take any remarks personally. I enjoy a good debate as much as the next one. I’m also very set in my vision of what the world is all about and what constitutes a “good life”. However, one Wednesday evening a couple of weeks ago I was struck silent by a debate with …

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In the beginning – silence. The same hushed darkness that existed when the world was born.
Slowly, morosely, a low tune can be heard, as the double-bass starts playing a sorrowful arpeggio. The darkness is slowly lifted, when a speck of light appears with the first notes. The illumination is strong enough for me to make something of my surroundings.
Soon the cello adds its voice to the harmony. Now I see that I’m in a room. …

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Remember Henry David Thoreau? Yeah, he was the guy who went to live in the woods for a couple of years and wrote the Transcendentalist masterpiece Walden, to the delight of literary critics and to the chagrin of English students just trying to stay awake, the poor sods. Yes, Walden was all about a man with a mission. It was a book about silence, about hard work and about being at peace with yourself …