<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Re-Considered]]></title><description><![CDATA[RE-CONSIDERED]]></description><link>https://www.re-considered.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 07:43:59 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.re-considered.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Dance of Friendship]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just because somebody treaded our foot, doesn't have to mean they're a bad person — it may simply mean they're a bad dancer. The same is true for friendship.]]></description><link>https://www.re-considered.com/post/dancing-with-friends</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ab76fd20f6358bffa0853f4</guid><category><![CDATA[Human Relationships]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 11:25:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9e9bf1_22a394c14a6d48ba84d4bbf1c56ec4c7~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_540,h_360,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Yusuf Kemal</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can Artificial Intelligence Replace Human Connection?]]></title><description><![CDATA[More and more people have come to utilize their AI chatbot as some sort of a friend — or even a therapist!  	Which raises perhaps the greatest billion-dollar question of our times: should artificial intelligence, through the market’s invisible hand, be ever allowed to point-blank replace human connection?]]></description><link>https://www.re-considered.com/post/can-artificial-intelligence-replace-human-connection</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a8600336c395e7dcc394f1d</guid><category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:15:21 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Yusuf Kemal</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Technology as Savior — Not So Fast.]]></title><description><![CDATA[How technology won’t save our health, and why we should take our physical and mental wellbeing into our own hands. ]]></description><link>https://www.re-considered.com/post/technology-as-savior-not-so-fast</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69fc6be8f4b0389e41d4a3d1</guid><category><![CDATA[Other]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 10:40:55 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Yusuf Kemal</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dating: The Modern-age Game of Masks]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dating has existed for as long as the human species. Early courtships between males and females have always dominated human culture. If love is the central room in the palace of the human experience, dating is the doorway inside. Nowadays though, dating seems to have devolved into some kind of theatrical performance, won by the most fluent in this corrupted art of finding romance.  In this piece, we explore why our current dating culture has regressed into a game of masks in the modern era,...]]></description><link>https://www.re-considered.com/post/dating-the-modern-age-game-of-masks</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69199cd41f276a0fa621d4cb</guid><category><![CDATA[Human Relationships]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 08:31:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9e9bf1_0287bda8f9b2423ebab2d483ba1e0b5d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Yusuf Kemal</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Golden Circle — In Love]]></title><description><![CDATA[I like you I am in love with you I love you (unconditionally) Looks can be deceiving, they say. Indeed, romantic attraction can blind us to what is right there in front of us. What we may think we’re seeing might turn out not to be there. Romance is a game of illusion—a game where seeing is truly believing. Let’s explore the three stages of romantic love to better understand how this magical yet often misunderstood realm of the human experience really works. “I Like You” Sensitivity to...]]></description><link>https://www.re-considered.com/post/the-golden-circle-in-love</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6968b2e6059a56b31bda0600</guid><category><![CDATA[Human Relationships]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 06:48:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9e9bf1_e5c297e954904bb3809b9c74a0737938~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Yusuf Kemal</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dialogue Simulation Theory: A Convention for Simulating Modern Text Exchanges in Novels]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here’s an alternative writing convention for modern text exchange simulation for novelists.]]></description><link>https://www.re-considered.com/post/dialogue-simulation-theory-a-convention-for-simulating-modern-text-exchanges-in-novels</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69847bbb0b2d097f708d6943</guid><category><![CDATA[Other]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 12:04:55 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Yusuf Kemal</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Law of Platonic Supply and Romantic Demand]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’ve been thinking about why we value romantic bonds more than friendships. My flagship article Everyone wants to fall in love, but few are willing to fall in friendship  clearly lays out some possible reasons we do so. But I’ve come to realise that there could be another factor that explains why we struggle to maintain an equilibrium of value between our romantic and platonic loves. It is a psychological mechanism behind trade, one ingrained so deeply into our psychology. You’re probably...]]></description><link>https://www.re-considered.com/post/law-of-platonic-supply-and-romantic-demand</link><guid isPermaLink="false">692dcd845602d55b6722590b</guid><category><![CDATA[Human Relationships]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2026 11:54:08 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Yusuf Kemal</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Love Feels Like an Addiction (and Why It Shouldn’t)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Embrace Love as a Way of Life, and It’ll always come back to you. Love, Love, and Love more. ]]></description><link>https://www.re-considered.com/post/why-love-feels-like-an-addiction-and-why-it-shouldn-t</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6922b8a9cef899279bee01e5</guid><category><![CDATA[Human Relationships]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 20:11:43 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Yusuf Kemal</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are We Missing Out On The Power of Gentle Touch?]]></title><description><![CDATA[What we long for, isn’t more tech—it’s more touch. Here’s why positive, gentle social touch is the key to better health, more happiness, and even a longer life.]]></description><link>https://www.re-considered.com/post/are-we-missing-out-on-the-power-of-gentle-touch</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6961a421cca849701e88f871</guid><category><![CDATA[Human Relationships]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 08:22:42 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Yusuf Kemal</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone wants to fall in love, but few are willing to fall in friendship.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our over-reliance and overvaluation of romantic bonds is killing our friendships. Time to bust the lies behind it.]]></description><link>https://www.re-considered.com/post/everyone-wants-to-fall-in-love-but-few-are-willing-to-fall-in-friendship</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6961af52cca849701e891890</guid><category><![CDATA[Human Relationships]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2026 08:49:48 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Yusuf Kemal</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Age Is Not a Proxy for Wisdom]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wisdom exists in the mind of the sage, not in his age. Read more to find out why. ]]></description><link>https://www.re-considered.com/post/age-is-not-a-proxy-for-wisdom</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6961a312768b848d270d4adb</guid><category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2026 18:34:31 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Yusuf Kemal</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[To Regret or Not To Regret: THAT is The Question. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Would you undo your regrets if you had the chance?]]></description><link>https://www.re-considered.com/post/to-regret-or-not-to-regret-that-is-the-question</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6919a4f1d87a8b897644c242</guid><category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 17:09:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c898b3_f11f4350131548faac308a30c576e8e9~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Yusuf Kemal</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge or Learn]]></title><description><![CDATA[Summary: Never judge, instead, understand and gain information. Then use that information to make the best decision. Judging keeps you busy doing nothing useful while you miss out on critical information right under your nose. 	For a moment, close your eyes. Now, imagine a serial killer breaking into a house, and murdering an old lady inside. He then leaves no trace of his crime and climbs down the emergency stairs. As he rushes down, he notices a kid about to drown, and runs to save him from...]]></description><link>https://www.re-considered.com/post/judge-or-learn</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6919a3a6d87a8b897644bfd5</guid><category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2026 16:50:35 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Yusuf Kemal</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Electricity; Simplified. Busses; Electrified.]]></title><description><![CDATA[During my Cambridge A. Level Physics class, a metaphor for how to explain the underlying principle of the equation for Power  (P = VI)  came to my mind, which I’ll be sharing here. First things first, the 3 components of the equation: P means “Power”. Which is the product of multiplying Voltage with Amperage. Voltage is the amount of energy (or charge) per coulomb. A coulomb is basically a bunch of electrons. Imagine a school of fish, or a flock of birds, that carry something. Amperage is the...]]></description><link>https://www.re-considered.com/post/electricity-simplified-busses-electrified</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6919a3dfd87a8b897644c042</guid><category><![CDATA[Other]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2026 14:38:24 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Yusuf Kemal</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[On The Path To The Top]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is no one way to succeed. Each must find their own way and follow it.]]></description><link>https://www.re-considered.com/post/on-the-path-to-the-top</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69570668b825d96637d253eb</guid><category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2026 23:51:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9e9bf1_7cd17764023245dea596201d5051a86e~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_828,h_855,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Yusuf Kemal</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Secret To Overcoming Your Greatest Fears]]></title><description><![CDATA[Now, how many of you are afraid of something? It can be anything. It can be this monster lurking in the closet, it can be this ghost hiding under your bed, it can be this snake that you're so frightened of, that you simply faint. Now, if I asked you, 'Is that fear real?', you might answer in affirmative, negative or be dubious. Well, the truth is: Fear is not real.              Fear is an illusory and misleading notion and feeling of the human mind. Fear is nothing but what you make of it....]]></description><link>https://www.re-considered.com/post/the-secret-to-overcoming-your-greatest-fears-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68efa6f1be90a9f7da7e0217</guid><category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 14:08:48 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Yusuf Kemal</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Three Sages and the Glasses]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the long ago, but not far away, two siblings, a brother and a sister lived happily with their elderly father. One day their father died and they were left with his two pairs of glasses. One pair, ornate with diamond inserts; the other made out of pure gold. They began to fight each other over who should take which pair of glasses. Finally, they remembered their father’s words “when I die one day, if you find yourselves disagreeing over my belongings that you inherit, go to the three sages...]]></description><link>https://www.re-considered.com/post/the-three-sages-and-the-glasses</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68c1c3eb29e336b32e4a35ed</guid><category><![CDATA[Inspiring Stories]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2025 19:02:15 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Yusuf Kemal</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty Strikes When You Least Expect It]]></title><description><![CDATA[What does Lebanon, airport security, starry nights, Sufi music-playing movie actors and Yoga all have in common? Well, not much, actually. But they are all part of my first ever experience in Lebanon. Are you curious? Read on to find out! 	I had decided to go to the Chouf Yoga Festival, after learning that one of my favourite Yoga teachers—Layal Salhani—was going to host a workshop there along with her husband, Ma’an. I booked a flight to Beirut via a transit in Mersin. I went to my Thursday...]]></description><link>https://www.re-considered.com/post/beauty-strikes-shen-you-least-expect-it</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68979a9a399919cdeed2433b</guid><category><![CDATA[Inspiring Stories]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2025 19:01:27 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Yusuf Kemal</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE POWER OF PSYCHOLOGY IN ORGANISATIONS ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Psychology offers fascinating and useful insights into how homosapiens function and the underlying factors and mechanisms at play that undergird those behaviours. Here, we take a plunge into the riveting world of psychology and see if we can extract any workable, applicable or salutary lessons... Ready? Let’s begin with a few truly revolutionary and phenomenally EQ-packed questions first, shall we? Part 1: “What do you think we could do?” OR “What would be your advice on what we could do?”...]]></description><link>https://www.re-considered.com/post/the-power-of-psychology-in-organisations</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6878afaf039174ec66e79986</guid><category><![CDATA[Human Relationships]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2025 10:49:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9e9bf1_5e34e4baa87445f3bf327fa84323723d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_502,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mind Catalyst</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[5-Point Technique for Stress Management ]]></title><description><![CDATA[In our modern world, stress has become as ubiquitous as water itself. Scientists say that our bodies are 70% water; a modern human ensnared in the hustle culture of our frenetic times would beg to differ. They'd probably be of the conviction that we're 70% stress these days. Such a facetious notion would be comical -even funny- if it wasn't so tragically true. 	 	Stress management has skyrocketed in its importance, and there has never been a better time to learn how to manage stress. In this...]]></description><link>https://www.re-considered.com/post/5-point-technique-for-stress-management</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6878aa3d910935c6034d08f1</guid><category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2025 08:01:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9e9bf1_73b2cb37c3d14c438139ebdfa64fafec~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Yusuf Kemal</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>