politics
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Control the Narrative
What the powerful have always wanted is to control the narrative of their lives, to create an image of themselves in other peoples eyes, this has been very important to them for a long time. We can see this motivation played out in history when thinking of the Roman Emperors (Domitian became a hero to… Continue reading
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Explaining a Fundamental of Econ
I studied Economics at degree level, but I wouldn’t claim to be an economist. I did, however, learn a few basic things that have stuck with me, and changed the way I see the world. That’s what studying is supposed to do, change your perspective, if you study and don’t change at least a little… Continue reading
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Important differences between Prejudice and Preference
The important difference between Racism, where a person or group, deliberately, or unconsciously, treats another person or group with prejudice or favour, and Culturalism, where a person or group may do exactly the same thing, and garner exactly the same outcome, is in the motivation for doing so. Now that puts us into a bind,… Continue reading
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Contemptable Verbiage
Contemptable Verbiage is a term my older brother Peter used to use, I have no idea where he got it.. I am pretty sure it’s now just a circus, the news I mean, the mainstream, every-day, vanilla, standard news. The problem with it is its lack of purpose and relevance, who it’s speaking to, who… Continue reading
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Societal Safety Boat
“Take a man out into the ocean many miles from land and drop him off the boat, then sail away. When you come back the next day he will almost certainly be dead. But take a man out into the same ocean and drop him off the boat, but this time tell him you’ll be… Continue reading
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Power corrupts us, do we corrupt power?
I’ve done a little bit of guest lecturing, not as much as I intended to though, and I hold court regularly when anyone is too tired to flee or is maybe being nice and humouring my egotistical need to express everything I think about. Let’s halt there for a moment though, I’m not a preacher… Continue reading
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Building a shed
As a man I find inside myself the desire to build things, mostly that urge manifests itself with projects concerning computer systems, but I’ve always regretted not becoming a tradesman in my early years rather than a geek. My grandfather was a joiner and a builder, I should really have learned from him as a… Continue reading
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“I think I speak for everyone when I say…. (Statement)”
This is a dreadful thing to come out with, if such utterances were countries, this one would be North Korea! In this short intro we see contained the will to preposition as definitively wrong, before objection, without dialectic, anyone who might have gone on to examine what then is inserted after. Often it’s something I,… Continue reading
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Nothing changes if you go too far, or not far enough.
George Floyd might not have been the best guy, that doesn’t excuse what happened to him, or what happens to many persons from his community, and far too often. The police that harmed him felt justified in what they were doing, it was not a mistake, it’s likely a behaviour they’ve displayed before. If it’s… Continue reading
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Judgement
One problem is percentages, another is totals, but the major fault is the human inability to judge what is fair. I sat in a large gathering of co-workers a few years ago where the boss gave everyone a 1% pay rise, the people in the room thought that was fair. In truth the boss gave… Continue reading
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