politics
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Consensus of conformity
It would seem that, by first limiting the range of contributors to only those that are willing to stick to a pre-agreed narrative, then measuring the narrow range of their output, one can create the illusion of blanket agreement in any discipline, and quite simply state that measure as a proof of the validity of… Continue reading
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Lynch, Mick
Mick Lynch has made mincemeat of newscasters and the lying politicians they keep getting on TV to challenge him, but still they in media land push the narrative that those hard working folks who are trying, by the only means they have available, to get a fair wage, are just money grabbing troublemakers. Where were… Continue reading
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Speaking so as NOT to be understood
If we reckon that the goal of good communication is to be understood by those we are communicating with, then what could possibly be the goal of bad communication? In this piece I will refer to the person giving information as the communicator, and the person getting as the receiver, if that makes it seem… Continue reading
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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
