Jan 8, 20215 min readUncovering the Modern Conspiracy Mindset | Devolution ReviewToday I received a work email from someone who said he had vital info. I dialed him back with intrigue. It turns out he’s an older gentleman living in Florida who had some thoughts on the COVID …
Dec 15, 20204 min readThe Terror of Sleep ParalysisDespite my best efforts to break free, my body remained chained to the bed. All I could muster was a muffled screech pleading to be woken. Infinite shapes and forms of colorful figures skimmed my …
Jan 26, 20199 min readSocial Freedom, Entrepreneurs, and Dreamers: A Battle Cry for Today's Political YouthEvery few years in the world of politics, there begins a new push to reach out to young people, and with good reason. In the 2019 federal election, the 9.5 million millennials in Canada will make up …
Nov 28, 20188 min readStefan Zweig’s Dream of Europe: What has been achieved?On Nov. 27, 1881, in Vienna, the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, one of the world’s greatest writers was born as a gift to humanity. His name was Stefan Zweig. He was a world-renowned …
Nov 2, 201816 min readAn Evaluation of Private Governance: Creating Order in Economic and Social LifeThe ideological foes of Edward Stringham’s book Private Governance: Creating Order in Economic and Social Life are many. Principally, it is an argument against the “legal centrist” mentality, …
Mar 20, 20181 min readPrint Edition of Devolution Review MagazineINTRODUCING the first print edition of the Devolution Review Magazine. Get your copy now on our website. Devolution Review is a literary journal that features book reviews, short stories, nonfiction, …
Mar 20, 20185 min readCosmopolitanism in the 21st CenturyThis is, without a doubt, one of the best times to be alive. We live longer. We’re subject to less violence. We live in cleaner, more prosperous cities, and enjoy more civil and individual freedoms …
Jan 22, 20186 min readQuestionable tastes and precarious friendships: ‘Art’ reveals the complexity of post-modern friendshipBy Yaël Ossowski | Devolution Review Review of ‘Art’, a play by Yasmina Reza. Performed at Vienna’s English Language Theatre Jan. 15 – Feb. 24, 2018 Directed by Sean Aita For any young fool, a hefty …
Jan 19, 20184 min readBeyond the Café WindowBeyond the café window, there’s a young girl squeezing her schoolbooks between her clasped arms. Her round glasses sit low on her nose, and her long brown hair swings from side to side. She’s waiting …
Jan 17, 20185 min readCrypto Imagination and the Coming NightmareIn one of the episodes in the newest seasons of Netflix’s Black Mirror, a young woman visits a strange museum across the way from a gas station in the hot desert. Inside, she meets the museum’s …
Sep 18, 20177 min readGoing Bearish on Bitcoin: Cryptocurrencies are the tulip mania of the 21st centuryBy Yaël Ossowski | Devolution Review Admitting you’ve changed your mind is daunting. Even more so when you’ve poured money, time, and effort into promoting a particular cause and idea. For me, that …
Jul 2, 20177 min readA Sole Flame Cast Against a Hall of MirrorsBy Yaël Ossowski | Devolution Review Being a sole flame cast against a hall of mirrors has always been an excitable affair. Customs and ordinary occurrences are strange and new. There’s a deep …
May 4, 201710 min readWhat of Our Grand Experiment?By Yaël Ossowski | Devolution Review The fate of Europe seems forever in flux. We need to rethink its foundations. Unbeknownst to millions of ordinary European citizens, they’ve participated in a …
May 1, 20177 min readThe Meaning of Sacrifice: The Expatriate ConundrumBy Yaël Ossowski | Devolution Review There exists a great conundrum among expatriates – those who made the decision to live outside their native country. Was the prime motivation for their move …
Apr 25, 20171 min readDevolution ReviewThe launch of Devolution Review. Devolution Review is a quarterly literary journal that features book reviews, short stories, nonfiction, poetry, personal narratives, interviews, and more. Founded in …
Mar 28, 20173 min readPrague Café SocietyThe plates were slammed on the small wooden tables and the smiles keep strict and clean. The waiter had no particular reason to celebrate today, a day like any other. As for me, another smudge of …
Sep 2, 20136 min readBurma: The Forgotten LandBy Yaël Ossowski | The Stateless Man Outside of the Western democratic world, it is often an unfortunate fact that abundant resources and lack of fundamental institutions condemn a nation to despotic …