Beautiful Minds
“If money is your only source of income, you’re a poor person.”
- Gerben
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Welcome to Beautiful Minds — a space for depth, diversity, and realness.
This is not your average magazine.
Here, we don’t just scratch the surface — we dive deep. Into thought. Into spirit. Into art, design, psychology, technology, philosophy, poetry, and the pulse of being human.
We believe that beauty isn’t always loud.
That intelligence can be gentle.
And that truth often lives in the quiet margins of society — in those who feel too much, think too far, and dare to question everything.Beautiful Minds is a home for the gifted, the sensitive, the seekers, the rebels, the wounded, the wise.
It is for anyone who has ever felt out of place in a world that moves too fast and feels too shallow.
You’ll find essays, stories, ideas, art, interviews, spiritual insights, and raw reflections — all crafted from the soul.
This is a place where thought breathes,
and hearts speak.
Welcome.
You belong here…
“Fresh perspectives for beautiful minds — explore the latest from Gerben’s world.”
- Mental health out of the shadows
- What it really takes to build something real
- Philosophers should rule the world
- The hidden code of creation
- Africa is rising
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Africa is not a problem to solve
Africa is Rising – Quietly, Powerfully, Beautifully
Let’s be honest.
When people talk about Africa in the news, it’s often about war, poverty, or corruption.
But that’s not the whole story. Actually… it hasn’t been the story for a long time.
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Google Has the Money — But Not the Blessing
Let’s be honest: Google has it all. Talent. Infrastructure. Infinite resources.
But what it lacks is what truly matters in the next era: spiritual resonance.
Yes, Google invests in AI, flirts with Web3, dominates the search engine realm.
But it all feels fragmented — like a giant machine without a soul. There’s brilliance, but no coherence. Innovation, but no anchor. And worst of all: the absence of ethical clarity.
In the realm of Web3, Google is playing catch-up.
In AI, it’s powerful but uninspiring.
In spirit — it’s absent.
And that matters now.
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The Cave and the Matrix
In The Republic, Plato describes a group of prisoners who have been chained inside a dark cave since birth. Facing only a wall, they perceive reality solely through the shadows projected onto it by objects behind them, cast by a fire. For these prisoners, the shadows constitute the entirety of their world—they do not realize that a greater reality exists beyond the cave.
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Cryptocurrency and the future of internet
Cryptocurrencies have revolutionized the global financial landscape by introducing a decentralized, trustless, and borderless form of money. While initially viewed as a speculative asset class, cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology have evolved into a foundation for a new digital economy. At the heart of this transformation lies Web3, a paradigm shift that aims to redefine the internet by enabling decentralized applications (dApps) and eliminating the need for intermediaries. This shift has profound implications for traditional financial institutions, particularly banks, whose roles are likely to be significantly altered in the coming decades.
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Open Source Software
Free and open-source software (FOSS) is software that is freely available for anyone to use, modify, and distribute. It promotes transparency, collaboration, and innovation, with popular examples including Linux, LibreOffice, and Firefox, offering users greater control and security compared to proprietary alternatives.
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Facing the Dark Night of the Soul
The human experience is shaped by its moments of suffering, transformation, and transcendence. Among the most profound challenges one can encounter are the psychological struggles that emerge in times of deep personal crisis. For gifted individuals, who often experience the world and their own inner landscapes in unique and intense ways, these crises can be even more complex. The “dark night of the soul,” existential crises, mental illness, and the experience of being a gifted adult intersect in ways that reveal both the fragility and strength of the human spirit.
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The moon as time keeper
Throughout human history, celestial bodies have been pivotal in understanding time, yet the Moon arguably provides a more nuanced and relatable framework for grasping the concept of time than the Sun. While the Sun governs the overarching cycle of day and night and the passage of seasons, the Moon’s phases and its interaction with Earth create a more tangible, measurable, and diverse way of perceiving time. In this essay, we will explore why the Moon serves as a more profound and accessible metaphor for the essence of time.