What would it be like if we applauded politicians for changing their mind, rather than criticising them for U-turns? What … Read More
Permission to be Mistaken
Leadership
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
Social Mobility
Apparently the UK has a “social mobility tsar”, and she seems to think that people at the bottom of the … 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
Katrina and The Shock Doctrine
Two very different perspectives of Hurricane Katrina appear in the book I’ve just finished, The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein, … Read More
Beneath the Surface
It was one of my many frustrations that from a rowboat you can mostly only see the surface of the … Read More
Of WOLs and WWIBLs
We have recently started WOL in Samara, our organisation within the SEEDS currency ecosystem. WOL is not just the wise … Read More
The Yin and Yang of Organisations
I’m involved in setting up a new organisation within the SEEDS ecosystem. (I wrote about SEEDS last week, and it … Read More
Reasons to be Cheerful(ish)
“When we get out of the glass bottles of our ego, and when we escape like squirrels turning in the … Read More