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The Advantage of Living in a Movable House Last Monday a friend called me to say that her condition was deteriorating and that she could no longer be alone. On … Read more
Sunday Thoughts
Sunday Thoughts were originally published on my LinkedIn account with the final being on 31 October 2021. They were limited to 1300 characters, a good discipline.
All editions can be found in this Category.
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Controversy on Social Media The cool thing about social media is that most people can see what you post. The uncool thing about social media is that those same people … Read more
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Code, remote living and end-of-career Our world is managed by code. My world will very soon be an 11m mobile trailer home. Today I put these two things together and … Read more
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Manichaeism, Dichotomies and the Poverty of 2×2 matrices Growth vs Fixed (mindsets) Good vs Evil Communism vs Capitalism 1s and 0s Black vs White Either-or Left or Right Right or … Read more
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Being Fully Human What does it mean to be fully human? I think it means this: – we share our physical body with the mineral kingdom – we share our … Read more
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Reading widely Today I read a book. A whole book. Not the sort of book I would normally read but I try to read stuff that I think will challenge … Read more
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Sixteen Weeks. A lot happens in sixteen weeks. My trailer house is almost finished and I will be able to become a roving resident of these fair isles. My bliss … Read more
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Liberty “I am a fanatic lover of liberty, considering it as the unique condition under which intelligence, dignity and human happiness can develop and grow; “not the purely formal liberty … Read more
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Democracy and Hierarchy In the West there is a growing concern about the very existence of Democracy but few attempts to understand the root cause, other than “follow the money”. … Read more
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The Freedom of Naming Things Nouns give us freedom. They allow us to capture a whole lot of stuff, mostly adjectives, verbs and adverbs in a single word. They conjure … Read more
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Anarchism and the Individual Anarchy is much maligned – it always has been. By those in power and those who need external power to guide them. It does not mean … Read more
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Bigotry Someone much, much smarter than most of us made the observation that intelligence is partly measured by the ability to hold two opposing thoughts simultaneously. Or something like that…. … Read more