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Social Mobility

16th June 2022By Roz Savagegood jobs, Happiness, Leadership, life purpose No Comments

Apparently the UK has a “social mobility tsar”, and she seems to think that people at the bottom of the … Read More

1984 – Dystopian Fiction or Dystopian Fact?

2nd June 2022By Roz SavageApocalypse, Big Questions, Book Reviews 2 Comments

Even though Stephen Fry reads every audiobook like it’s a bedtime story, even his mellifluous tones can’t conceal what an … Read More

Democracy or Chumocracy?

26th May 2022By Roz SavageBig Questions, Leadership No Comments

If you think our present government is doing an excellent job, our politicians are above reproach, and the British political … Read More

The Wood Wide Web of Suzanne Simard

19th May 2022By Roz SavageBook Reviews, Environment, Events No Comments

John Muir said: “When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of … Read More

Come the (Fourth Industrial) Revolution

12th May 2022By Roz SavageBig Questions, good jobs 2 Comments

I’m curious about industrial revolutions from the perspective of workers, and I’d like your input. We are now supposedly going … Read More

Beyond Words: Animal Intelligence

5th May 2022By Roz SavageEnvironment, Events No Comments

I’ve just finished reading Carl Safina’s wonderful and eye-opening book, Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel. It has left … Read More

Suicide, Selfishness and the Cycles of Life

28th April 2022By Roz SavageBig Questions, Life of Roz No Comments

Some people think suicide is an act of consummate selfishness, that the person who took their own life failed to … Read More

Katrina and The Shock Doctrine

14th April 2022By Roz SavageBig Questions, Design, Inspiration, Leadership No Comments

Two very different perspectives of Hurricane Katrina appear in the book I’ve just finished, The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein, … Read More