https://www.carmelopistorio.com/archive/blogEssays by Carmelo Pistorio on philosophy, history, entrepreneurship and the human condition, 2018–2023.https://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/russia-is-not-our-enemy-the-great-reset-is-our-common-enemy-and-the-greatest-existential-threat-humhttps://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/russia-is-not-our-enemy-the-great-reset-is-our-common-enemy-and-the-greatest-existential-threat-humMon, 03 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0000Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing. ― John Stuart Mill, Inaugural Address Delivered to the University of St Andrews…https://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/no-more-war-wars-only-profit-those-who-need-not-fight-themhttps://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/no-more-war-wars-only-profit-those-who-need-not-fight-themSat, 27 May 2023 00:00:00 -0000“We don't care, the United States and NATO, we do not care how many Ukrainians die, not civilians, not women, not children, not soldiers, we do not care. It's become a great…https://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/cheater-takes-all-solve-et-coagula-to-conquer-the-worldhttps://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/cheater-takes-all-solve-et-coagula-to-conquer-the-worldSat, 13 May 2023 00:00:00 -0000Rich Uncle Pennybags (Monopoly) - Baphomet - Stalin If you ever played Monopoly as a child, you probably remember how money was distributed during the game. One of the children…https://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/god-is-dead-killed-by-nietzsche-resurrected-by-plankhttps://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/god-is-dead-killed-by-nietzsche-resurrected-by-plankSat, 06 May 2023 00:00:00 -0000“God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? What was holiest and mightiest of all that the world has…https://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/remain-human-a-dodecalogue-of-virtuous-practices-to-resist-the-great-reset-s-transhumanist-agendahttps://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/remain-human-a-dodecalogue-of-virtuous-practices-to-resist-the-great-reset-s-transhumanist-agendaSat, 29 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0000Leonardo da Vinci, Vitruvian Man “Diet, injections and injunctions will combine from a very early age to produce the sort of character and the sort of beliefs that the authorities…https://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/maundy-thursday-the-eucharist-and-the-good-news-of-resurrection-and-eternal-lifehttps://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/maundy-thursday-the-eucharist-and-the-good-news-of-resurrection-and-eternal-lifeThu, 06 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0000The Last Supper, Leonardo da Vinci As we ready ourselves for the long Easter weekend or short holiday spent with friends and family around the dining table, I would like to…https://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/soft-launch-of-first-patent-portfolio-fractional-nftshttps://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/soft-launch-of-first-patent-portfolio-fractional-nftsThu, 23 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0000Singapore Biometric-Technology Pioneer XiD Technologies Issues NFTs Offering Fractional Ownership of its Patents https://xidtech-nft.com From the early days of the World Wide Web…https://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/life-after-death-yes-of-course-here-s-how-1https://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/life-after-death-yes-of-course-here-s-how-1Sat, 07 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0000Danse Macabre "We may regard the present state of the universe as the effect of its past and the cause of its future. An intellect which at a certain moment would know all forces…https://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/the-sicilian-dragons-synopsishttps://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/the-sicilian-dragons-synopsisMon, 26 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0000Malta, 24 September 2022 — Feast of Our Lady of Mercy and Redemption “The Umurbrogal was the Pacific’s masterpiece of defensive engineering, and it was going to be manned by a new…https://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/what-kind-of-conspiracy-theorist-are-youhttps://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/what-kind-of-conspiracy-theorist-are-youSat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0000We all heard wild theories flying around Covid, left and right. Some of them seem to make sense while others seem way too far-fetched. But while we all do feel some degree of…https://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/in-defense-of-humanismhttps://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/in-defense-of-humanismThu, 30 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0000Our Species' Final Bastion Against the Onslaught of the Demoniac Neolithic Cult Called The Great Reset "You will own nothing, and you will be happy." — World Economic Forum, Great…https://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/dio-c-è-a-very-short-and-irrefutable-cartesian-proof-for-the-existence-of-godhttps://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/dio-c-è-a-very-short-and-irrefutable-cartesian-proof-for-the-existence-of-godTue, 09 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0000"I do not need to believe. I know" — Carl Jung, BBC Face to Face interview (1959) For many of us, including myself in younger years, the confidence with which the great thinker…https://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/pain-what-it-is-and-how-to-live-without-sufferinghttps://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/pain-what-it-is-and-how-to-live-without-sufferingMon, 23 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0000Pain - What It Is, and How to Live Without Suffering.https://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/the-covid-miraclehttps://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/the-covid-miracleMon, 23 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0000How a Manmade Cataclysm Provided Humanity a Safe Passage Through the Tumultuous and Treacherous Waters of the Apocalypse (Coming Soon)https://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/referendum-to-authorise-known-covid-treatmentshttps://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/referendum-to-authorise-known-covid-treatmentsMon, 23 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0000SARS-CoV-2, the virus at the heart of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent economic crisis is a novel coronavirus often presented as untreatable. This portrayal of SARS-CoV-2 does…https://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/palm-sunday-in-the-dark-age-of-covidhttps://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/palm-sunday-in-the-dark-age-of-covidSun, 28 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0000On this day 1,988 years ago, a humble carpenter rode through the gates of Jerusalem where four days later He would find His death and martyrdom. He sat astride a donkey, a beast…https://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/spiritual-exercises-in-the-three-inescapable-layers-of-realityhttps://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/spiritual-exercises-in-the-three-inescapable-layers-of-realityMon, 18 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0000It hasn't always been the case that humanity perceived the physical universe as nothing more than a relationship amongst inanimate objects - a complex and mesmerising outcome of…https://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/fall-of-the-leviathanhttps://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/fall-of-the-leviathanWed, 23 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0000We are living in a period of profound change. Humanity is attempting to transition from the Modern Era, constructed around the notion of nation-states, where citizens shared…https://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/2020/09/09/san-pedro-calver-servant-of-the-ethiopianshttps://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/2020/09/09/san-pedro-calver-servant-of-the-ethiopiansWed, 09 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0000The Universal Church remembers today the devotion of St Peter Claver, the Jesuit missionary to Cartagena of Columbia who came to be known as the Servant of the Ethiopians. Saint…https://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/2020/08/22/making-sense-of-covidhttps://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/2020/08/22/making-sense-of-covidSat, 22 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0000The Chart above (coronavirus.help) follows the format in which for months I kept track of the most important indicators of the Covid-19 pandemic, reporting the daily changes in…https://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/2020/08/15/theotokos-when-the-god-mother-became-mother-of-godhttps://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/2020/08/15/theotokos-when-the-god-mother-became-mother-of-godSat, 15 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0000On the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgnin Mary, we celebrate the ascension to Heaven of the Mother of God. Our Blessed Virgin Mary, is the only person other than…https://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/2020/06/13/alexander-s-casket-and-entrepreneurship-as-a-vessel-of-evolutionhttps://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/2020/06/13/alexander-s-casket-and-entrepreneurship-as-a-vessel-of-evolutionSat, 13 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0000Chapter 1 - Entrepreneurship: Definition, Theory and Methodology Definition. From Darwin to Dawkins, species, genes and memes. The practice of freewill, individual empowerment and…https://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/2020/04/12/lamb-of-godhttps://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/2020/04/12/lamb-of-godSun, 12 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0000It takes time to understand the meaning of the phrase Lamb of God. A lot of time. It embodies the very essence of Christianity and reaches deep into Christian mysticism. It took…https://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/2018/03/26/xids-face-recognition-developed-in-singapore-is-getting-ready-to-land-in-europehttps://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/2018/03/26/xids-face-recognition-developed-in-singapore-is-getting-ready-to-land-in-europeSun, 25 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0000I had the pleasure to attend the 19th International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing (ICIAP) and met extraordinarily talented people brought together by one of the…https://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/2018/02/27/sailing-j24-ms-jock-through-big-sumatra-at-changihttps://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/2018/02/27/sailing-j24-ms-jock-through-big-sumatra-at-changiTue, 27 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0000A sharp spat with a sudden squall, a sumatra, but the crew didn't seem to mind. Thanks to my friend Kai Mueller for the great footage and fantastic editing.https://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/2018/02/27/presentation-of-ecstasy-108-soul-shards-on-life-death-and-what-lies-in-between-at-the-rothttps://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/2018/02/27/presentation-of-ecstasy-108-soul-shards-on-life-death-and-what-lies-in-between-at-the-rotTue, 27 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0000Thank-you to President Theodore Panos and all my dear friends at the Rotay Club of Singapore East for your continuous support and friendship. It was for me a great pleasure and…https://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/2018/02/26/untitledhttps://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/2018/02/26/untitledSun, 25 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0000Ecstasy, 108 Soul Shards on Life, Death and what Lies in-Between is a lyrical analysis of the human condition. Scientific empiricism has done wonders to help us understand…https://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/2018/03/29/interview-by-the-peakhttps://www.carmelopistorio.com/single-post/2018/03/29/interview-by-the-peakSun, 25 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0000A wonderful and terribly flattering interview with Singapore's The Peak magazine. Thank-you to Liao Xiangjun and his masterful pen, and to his brilliant editor Jennifer Chen. Read…