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“May you live in interesting times.” English Expression commonly attributed to Chinese tradition We now live in interesting times. We most definitely live in interesting times. The interesting is not evenly distributed yet. But the interesting is spreading. And we will need to be ready for the interesting when it arrives at our door. TheContinueContinue reading

So Boris Johnson has announced his intention to resign, prompted by the resignation of 50 of his ministers at last count. What does this mean? To my mind, it means that the Conservative Party is hoping that ousting Johnson will satisfy voters. It means that they hope to use Johnson as a scapegoat, and hopeContinueContinue reading “Bye Bye Boris”

I’ve been watching Quinn’s Ideas. Specifically the episode on the role of God in the Dune novels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYDDbv9-E0U. As I watched, I opened the webcomic Three Panel Soul to the comic below. From Three Panel Soul (All rights reserved by Ian McConville and Matt Boyd) – http://www.threepanelsoul.com/ And this got me thinking. How much progressContinueContinue reading “Millionaires and Gods”

Where does morality begin? Where does religion begin? A book I read years ago (and whose title and author I cannot remember) described religion as an answer to a problem. And the problem which one religion seeks to answer is not necessarily the problem another seeks to answer. Christianity seeks to answer the problem ofContinueContinue reading “An Answer to a Problem”

One of the hardest things for humans to do is admit error. We fear embarrassment, We fear losing face. We fear consequences. And this is challenging, because admitting error is a critical part of course correction. So if we are unable to admit error, we run the risk of continuing on damaging paths straight towardsContinueContinue reading “I was Wrong”