# Be sure to ask questions, the brain loves them - Link: https://www.andreidraganescu.info/2016/06/19/be-sure-to-ask-questions-the-brain-loves-them/ - Published: 2016-06-19T14:13:12+03:00 - Author: Andrei Draganescu They say that to build an online following you need to write about one topic, and only one. _I can’t do that_. But I could say I do have one topic: questions! Questions I am asking myself. Here is a long list with the answers I got. #### Existentialist answers: [Step into the loop](https://medium.com/@andraganescu/step-into-the-loop-59ea935aafb3) [ I am smarter than my hunger [Painfully aware](https://medium.com/into-the-raw/painfully-aware-7b1b5b57af5d)[The problem](https://medium.com/for-for-thought-for-rainy-days/the-problem-84be33cf4003)[Time makes people kill themselves](https://medium.com/for-for-thought-for-rainy-days/time-makes-people-kill-themselves-9ed9f12336c1)[Potential expectation](https://medium.com/for-for-thought-for-rainy-days/potential-expectation-638bf11853c3)[Can an atheist love?](https://medium.com/i-m-h-o/can-an-atheist-love-c15735d64ec0)[There are two ways of living](https://medium.com/@andraganescu/there-are-two-ways-of-living-one-is-giving-meaning-to-life-and-the-other-is-giving-meaning-to-3619b552403a)[I love climate change.](https://medium.com/@andraganescu/i-love-climate-change-9460e740f96)[This: I want to live the life I’ve always dreamt I would live.](https://medium.com/grains-of-salt/this-i-want-to-live-the-life-i-ve-always-dreamt-i-would-live-414d06a06a06)[What God should have done on the 7th day](https://medium.com/@andraganescu/what-god-should-have-done-on-the-7th-day-707f852e86a2)[How to be happy](https://medium.com/grains-of-salt/how-to-be-happy-97ecddf185de)[What is love? Baby don’t hurt me!](https://medium.com/grains-of-salt/what-is-love-baby-don-t-hurt-me-5722ff39254d)[Emotional algorithm](https://medium.com/@andraganescu/you-have-three-horses-a-white-horse-a-dark-horse-and-a-unicorn-f32b17d72048)[If there’s a will, there’s a way](https://medium.com/grains-of-salt/if-theres-a-will-theres-a-way-e9054a5cba2f) #### Esoteric answers: [Frustum](https://medium.com/for-for-thought-for-rainy-days/frustum-705caf38e85d) [The religious experience](https://medium.com/for-for-thought-for-rainy-days/the-religious-experience-1b3f675e54d4) [Esoteric 3D space](https://medium.com/for-for-thought-for-rainy-days/esoteric-3d-space-c8d964f6304c) #### Meta answers: [Letter to the struggling creator of anything](https://medium.com/@andraganescu/letter-to-the-struggling-creator-of-anything-8f2db40e2a37) [A Medium for the “reader” persona —[Medium is](https://medium.com/development-of-things/medium-is-7628115a7040) #### Answers as responses: [Right versus rational is a lie](https://medium.com/the-sobremesa/i-think-that-is-a-seriously-far-fetched-assumption-5309fb6fc7ca) [So Holly Wood banned me.](https://medium.com/@andraganescu/so-holly-wood-banned-me-does-interactivity-has-such-a-high-cost-in-2016-d8a4d2275c2b) [The day I will become a millionaire](https://medium.com/the-sobremesa/the-day-i-will-become-a-millionaire-4b314f6444c8) [Thank you and here is some gratitude](https://medium.com/grains-of-salt/thank-you-and-here-is-some-gratitude-913b130a25f9) [All success is overnight, because it is random](https://medium.com/grains-of-salt/all-success-is-overnight-because-it-is-random-f4e5494c712f) [@ElonMusk, you behave like a big child](https://medium.com/grains-of-salt/elonmusk-you-behave-like-a-big-child-dcb77d98317b) [Differential diagnosis is more fit for computers](https://medium.com/development-of-things/differential-diagnosis-is-more-fit-for-computers-than-surgery-and-yet-all-you-read-about-is-robot-1cf928860c42) [People! Growth is not disruption!](https://medium.com/the-sobremesa/people-growth-is-not-disruption-b40a9ee60fae) [The difference between the cult and the personality](https://medium.com/into-the-raw/the-cult-of-personality-ebf2cba7ea59) #### Socialist and pacifist answers: [Free energy](https://medium.com/grains-of-salt/free-energy-e323f7b61e1d) [Forget Maslow, everything is basic need](https://medium.com/grains-of-salt/forget-maslow-everything-is-basic-need-75ef9d3b9273) [The inequality propaganda](https://medium.com/for-for-thought-for-rainy-days/the-inequality-propaganda-7d9e3b4401d6) [My socialist ideas](https://medium.com/for-for-thought-for-rainy-days/my-socialist-ideas-9590f12b0fa3) [More socialist ideas](https://medium.com/for-for-thought-for-rainy-days/more-socialist-ideas-5d5d360e8c5d) [Are you wondering?](https://medium.com/for-for-thought-for-rainy-days/are-you-wondering-b420bee765ea) [The plural of person is corporation](https://medium.com/for-for-thought-for-rainy-days/the-plural-of-person-is-corporation-3295fc9101b3) [Control freaks, everywhere](https://medium.com/grains-of-salt/control-freaks-everywhere-ebfd9ce5e0b1) [Imagine](https://medium.com/grains-of-salt/imagine-f1310d56ea3a)[But we require more Vespene gas!](https://medium.com/grains-of-salt/but-we-require-more-vespene-gas-89882f9fc231) [There is no hope.](https://medium.com/grains-of-salt/there-is-no-hope-502dca7c77d1) [Artificial sincerity[We need no soldiers](https://medium.com/for-for-thought-for-rainy-days/we-need-no-soldiers-afbf80f43d40) #### Self help answers [Nobody can inspire you](https://medium.com/grains-of-salt/nobody-can-inspire-you-ee94c89c7a5f) [Leader over population](https://medium.com/development-of-things/leader-over-population-31e8cfabdeb5) [You can do anything and you’re still unhappy?](https://medium.com/grains-of-salt/you-can-do-anything-and-yourre-still-unhappy-4a0268ba1c84) [Loose the FIMO](https://medium.com/for-for-thought-for-rainy-days/loose-the-fimo-c6abd02559d9) [If you wouldn’t do your job for free, its ok to carry on doing it.](https://medium.com/development-of-things/if-you-wouldnt-do-your-job-for-free-its-ok-to-carry-on-doing-it-57ec90bdce4e) [Be happy working on your own](https://medium.com/doing-the-work/how-to-be-happy-working-out-of-the-cubicle-and-on-your-own-c45972b53d96) [Read less. Listen less. Think more.](https://medium.com/for-for-thought-for-rainy-days/read-less-listen-less-think-more-b64c78ead05f) [Dear friendzoned men,](https://medium.com/@andraganescu/dear-friendzoned-men-80e2df9095d7) [Don’t be Hooked ™](https://medium.com/grains-of-salt/don-t-be-hooked-bf976b96a5fa) [Yeah, hard work is a bitch. Here is why we should love it.](https://medium.com/the-sobremesa/yeah-hard-work-is-a-bitch-here-is-why-we-should-love-it-a902fae5a025) [How stuff works](https://medium.com/development-of-things/how-stuff-works-7e7dd25116ce) [Opportunity is when luck meets preparation](https://medium.com/for-for-thought-for-rainy-days/opportunity-is-when-luck-meets-preparation-90b97f9b3cae) [Happiness = Reality — Expectations](https://medium.com/grains-of-salt/happiness-reality-expectations-7ad8d19d822a) [Know thyself, the envy way](https://medium.com/grains-of-salt/know-thyself-the-envy-way-8179ba94b013) [Know thyself the Facebook way](https://medium.com/grains-of-salt/know-thyself-the-facebook-way-619d2bec4281) [Know thyself the easy way](https://medium.com/grains-of-salt/know-thyself-the-easy-way-ba0013cb68e2) #### Work answers: [Coding shall be another solved problem](https://medium.com/@andraganescu/coding-is-over-really-i-am-sorry-but-it-is-o-v-e-r-3c1884055fc1) [ Tech recruitment works like figure skating competitions [Cheaters always win](https://medium.com/@andraganescu/cheaters-always-win-ce657b7bea7b)[Project zombification, the business of the walking dead](https://medium.com/development-of-things/project-zombification-the-business-of-the-walking-dead-92e81d41fc87)[Don’t run out of money](https://medium.com/development-of-things/dont-run-out-of-money-874f15116634)[You better workbench!](https://medium.com/development-of-things/you-better-work-bench-f73b392f865f)[Deadline Dread](https://medium.com/development-of-things/deadline-dread-a0abb8f29d79)[I hate bacon, kill me.](https://medium.com/development-of-things/i-hate-bacon-kill-me-c665616436f9)[How to win the lottery or have an IPO-ing startup](https://medium.com/development-of-things/how-to-win-the-lottery-or-have-an-ipo-ing-startup-7d181371ca1)[What Is Management?](https://medium.com/development-of-things/what-is-management-26a015d6e6d8)[What is product management?](https://medium.com/development-of-things/what-is-product-management-6df9ed360cdd) #### THE answers: The crown jewel: [Evolving](https://medium.com/for-for-thought-for-rainy-days/evolving-published-as-a-book-fe4ff9cf3fda), an essay about life and our place in the universe. However if you don’t have the time for longer essays, here it is split into small bytes: [The meaning of life](https://medium.com/for-for-thought-for-rainy-days/the-meaning-of-life-afeac3662bae) [Life causes uncertainty and other problems](https://medium.com/for-for-thought-for-rainy-days/life-causes-uncertainty-and-other-problems-7e2e6ee721ef) [A brain is a software time machine](https://medium.com/for-for-thought-for-rainy-days/a-brain-is-a-software-time-machine-d234b627fea7) [What does being “alive” mean?](https://medium.com/for-for-thought-for-rainy-days/what-does-being-alive-mean-2f14b62a95dc) [Responsibility is a load of crap](https://medium.com/for-for-thought-for-rainy-days/absolute-responsibility-is-your-fault-41ade8a3450) [The bonding behaviours](https://medium.com/grains-of-salt/the-bonding-behaviours-a7cfc9876838) [Your biases are awesome](https://medium.com/grains-of-salt/your-biases-are-awesome-7b37927448c9) [The mind is a transitory state](https://medium.com/for-for-thought-for-rainy-days/the-mind-is-a-transitory-state-8b8734bf3b56) [The funnel of change](https://medium.com/for-for-thought-for-rainy-days/the-funnel-of-change-557c86c0b2ff) [The person is the ego](https://medium.com/for-for-thought-for-rainy-days/the-person-is-the-ego-563226c83ea5) [How to replicate ourselves](https://medium.com/for-for-thought-for-rainy-days/how-to-replicate-ourselves-7749094aa387) #### Answers as listicles: [12 tips on beauty](https://medium.com/listicles-on-life/12-tips-on-beauty-9626a84c7965) [3 simple components of living](https://medium.com/listicles-on-life/3-simple-components-of-living-54a6a50de790) [Top 3 human qualities](https://medium.com/listicles-on-life/top-3-human-qualities-a84391e71af9) [The 7 social circle types](https://medium.com/listicles-on-life/the-7-social-circle-types-d1a4bf946e4d) [4 directions to strive for in life](https://medium.com/listicles-on-life/4-directions-to-strive-for-in-live-dfa3c841b0ad) [10 hard things in life](https://medium.com/listicles-on-life/10-hard-things-in-life-426dc72630ba) [12 things to remember daily](https://medium.com/listicles-on-life/12-things-to-remember-daily-892aa396f951) [8 fucks the future me doesn’t give](https://medium.com/listicles-on-life/8-fucks-the-future-doesn-t-give-1c3cb57ea942) [Money do bring happiness, and 15 other truths](https://medium.com/@andraganescu/money-do-bring-happiness-they-bring-happiness-closer-and-13-other-truths-9e6ebe602087) --- I so want to have the time to write fiction! [Chapter 1: The future is uncertain](https://medium.com/@andraganescu/chapter-1-the-future-is-uncertain-ca337edc6558)