Circa Z

Vipulesh Thiyagarajah
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The life of Generation Z. A discussion of anything and everything that piques curiosity.

  1. 22/09/2025

    What If Everything You See Isn't Real?

    Exploring Plato's Cave and the crucial act of questioning the world around us. The following post is an exploration of a passage from my book, "Sonder: An Existential Manifesto," and honestly, it’s one of those concepts that keeps popping back into my head, no matter what I’m doing.

    5 min

  2. 15/09/2025

    The Hedonic Treadmill

    Why You’ll Never Be Happy — and Why That’s Exactly the Point. The ideas explored in this essay are drawn from a chapter I originally wrote for my book, Sonder: An Existential Manifesto (2024). The book dives deep into the hidden patterns of our modern condition — tracing how history, identity, and meaning interlace in our lives. What follows is a distilled meditation from that chapter, adapted for Substack. If you find resonance here, you might enjoy the broader philosophical arc the book attempts to draw. https://vipuleshthiyagarajah.com/novel  Vipulesh Thiyagarajah Author of "Sonder: An Existential Manifesto"

    7 min

  3. 08/09/2025

    The Wrexham Way: The Greatest Story in Football

    Triple Triumph: Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds' Fairytale Rise from Non-League to the Championship

    11 min

  4. 25/08/2025

    Augusta Is a Feeling: Why The Masters Is the Most Beautiful Event in Sport

    Inside the Veblen good that every luxury house envies.

    8 min

  5. 18/08/2025

    The Bitter Lesson of AI

    Why Brute Force Beats Human Insight in AI—and What That Means for Geopolitics, Energy, and Civilization

    15 min

  6. 11/08/2025

    One Year Since the Launch of My Book Sonder: Reflections from the Manifesto

    To mark the first anniversary of my debut non-fiction book on meaning and the inner workings of our lives, I’m sharing one of my favorite excerpts on mimetic theory and the anatomy of desire. https://vipuleshthiyagarajah.com/novel

    16 min

  7. 21/07/2025

    Clay Courts and Champagne: A Weekend at Roland Garros

    Where Tennis Becomes Theatre and Tradition Meets Quiet Luxury. The ideas explored in this essay are drawn from a chapter I originally wrote for my book, Sonder: An Existential Manifesto (2024). The script was generated from a substack article I wrote: https://vipuleshthiyagarajah.substack.com/p/clay-courts-and-champagne-a-weekend

    6 min

  8. 13/07/2025

    Is AI Making Us Dumb?

    Thoughtless Thinking, Cognitive Offloading, and the Quiet Decline of Deep Work. The ideas explored in this essay are drawn from a chapter I originally wrote for my book, Sonder: An Existential Manifesto (2024). The script was generated from a substack article I wrote: https://vipuleshthiyagarajah.substack.com/p/we-are-nothing-and-thats-not-nothing

    6 min
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The life of Generation Z. A discussion of anything and everything that piques curiosity.

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  • Creator
    Vipulesh Thiyagarajah
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2025
  • Episodes
    16
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © Vipulesh Thiyagarajah
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