Do you believe the Earth is flat? Do you believe the world is run by a powerful and malevolent cabal? … Read More
Navigating a Post-Truth World
Big Questions
It’s All Story
Earlier this week I was writing an endorsement for Martin Grunburg’s upcoming book, Everything is a F*ing Story, and it … Read More
Sacred Geometry – Fun with Numbers, Or Something More?
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the human body, and suggested that we get over being embarrassed about … Read More
Because We Are Too Many… or Too Few?
Elon Musk, Shanna Swan and Jordan Peterson have been talking about population, saying not just that humans can continue to … Read More
Babies, Body Rights and Big Brother: Thoughts on the US Abortion Ruling
While women (and many men) across the world are reacting to the US Supreme Court’s decision to end the constitutional … Read More
1984 – Dystopian Fiction or Dystopian Fact?
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?
If you think our present government is doing an excellent job, our politicians are above reproach, and the British political … Read More
Come the (Fourth Industrial) Revolution
I’m curious about industrial revolutions from the perspective of workers, and I’d like your input. We are now supposedly going … Read More
Suicide, Selfishness and the Cycles of Life
Some people think suicide is an act of consummate selfishness, that the person who took their own life failed to … Read More