The news seems to be as bleak as ever, … but the outlook is worse. There have always been stories of blood, death, corruption and pollution but now the consequences are more global and terminal. There is even a rationale argument that we are past tipping point, but I choose to believe that there is …
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Are you beginning to get it? The what, why and how of system change.
There has been an outpouring of love and solidarity because of the tragic and terrific blood-letting in Paris this weekend. It has been a synchronous focus on thought, feeling and action by millions around the world. That is good. The answers proposed have ranged from black to white, from vengeance to forgiveness. (My preference is …
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Honesty or knowledge first?
Ethics do not seem to be integral to society or our civilisation. We have laws and religions and people are good. However, the nature of education does not promote the values that ought to underlie the sentiment expressed by laws, religion and society. They say it is bad or wrong to kill, but it happens …
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For some it’s not about people, nor ethics; just numbers.
A former hedge fund manager who bought a drug company has hiked the price of a generic drug 55x to pay for the purchase. The drug was $13.50 a dose but is now $750.00. It costs $1 to produce. The drug treats toxoplasmosis and is widely used by sufferers of AIDS. So clearly Martin Shkreli, …
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You have the power to change the world. Choose!
Words by Charlie Chaplin. Contemporary images. The choice is clear. Have you chosen yet? Or are you still chasing the machine? Choose humanity, while the choice remains … The Great Dictator‘s Speech (1940) I’m sorry, but I don’t want to be an emperor. That’s not my business. I don’t want to rule or conquer …
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Cosmic synchronicity in a hay field.
We baled today. It was wonderful. It started a bit later than planned because the normal school run delay was compounded by an emergency breakdown of a client’s computer .,.. The field was rowed around noon and then square baling started. Padraig would arrive at 3pm to round bale. I needed 200 square bales for …
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System change is accelerating, but we’re still unprepared for our spiritual vacuum.
The Pew Research Centre reports that Americans identifying themselves as having no religion has grown from 16% to 24% since 2007. Naturally the increase has been at the cost of Christian affirmation which remains high at 71% (down from 78%). The increase in non-affiliates is found across America, highest in the west (28%), while even …
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Good people are dying. It’s going to get worse before it gets better.
Tension is rising is the USA. Two US police officers were shot dead in Mississippi. Last week.a New York police officer was shot in the head while questioning a suspect from his police car. And riots bubbled in Baltimore after a suspect died in police custody. The mood is confused and angry. The issue is …
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Maybe system change will just be funny …
It sometimes difficult to be aware of what’s going on in the world because they’re not happy thoughts. This time last week I was hearing about the dark web and bad pharma from a friend, Howard. He runs a small cloud computing business with 30 million units invested in the technology and deals with a …
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Why Naomi Klein Must Not Blame Capitalism
“I haven’t finished reading the book; I don’t want to know who wins, capitalism or the climate, but I assume it’s capitalism because the book costs $30 and it’s printed on dead trees.”
–Stephen Colbert, interviewing Naomi Klein (23 Sept 2014)