Vita Smid ~ Zephyrus | English

Going to Australia

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0100

In three weeks, I will be on a plane to Melbourne, Australia. A six-month adventure begins!

Monetary Aggregates Definition And Diagram

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:00:00 +0100

In finance and economics we recognize several types of money. Monetary aggregates are used to measure the supply of various types of money in an economy. The most commonly used aggregates are M0 through M3, plus monetary base. See the following diagram to understand how the aggregates relate to each other.

Why You Should Like Crises

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0100

Sometimes the world comes crashing down. We’ve all known the triggers of major crises. Physical illness, relationship difficulties, stress, or depression. These things occasionally pay a visit. Sometimes all of them at once. But they have a reason for coming. They’re not setbacks. They’re not here to hurt. They are great opportunities to pause your life and think for a while how you got here and where are you going. A crisis is a lesson.

The Mathematics Of Happy New Year

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:00:00 +0100

My 2012 New Year Wish has some beautiful mathematics: beautifully simple, beautifully abstract, and beautifully mysterious. Want to peek under her skirts?

Happy New Year

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 19:30:00 +0100

Seneca And Unfinished Relationships

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 15:30:00 +0100

Never lift you hand from the finished work, for you could actually finish it.

The Future

Sat, 12 Nov 2011 20:40:00 +0100

For something that does not even exist, the future seems to be a rather obsessive theme for humans. How to face it?

The Greatest Treasure

Sun, 06 Nov 2011 20:00:00 +0100

For a while I turned up the volume, closed my eyes, and let the music flood my mind. As always, the sound brought with it a stream, a river, a voracious torrent of memories. Memories half-forgotten and vividly remembered, memories of happiness and of pain, memories of love and loss. Memories, rivers of life. Yet rivers never twice entered.

Late Night Meeting of Gödel and Turing?

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:47:00 +0100

Hacking together concepts from mathematical analysis, mathematical logic, and computer science and finding similarities while half asleep can be fun! :-)

Do you believe in determinism? And which one?

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:00:00 +0100

In my personal philosophy, I’m leaning towards determinism: the view that our actions, decisions, and destinies are somehow decided – determined – in advance. However, I am able to differentiate at least between two types of determinism. Both have their issues, both need to be thought through more, and neither of them wins the argument for me. What about you?