Yuval Harari’s brief history of humankind, weighing in at a meaty 400 pages, is enjoyable, provocative and very worrying. The wide-ranging, scholarly story is easy to read and sensible. I enjoyed the book from beginning to end, though I had to restrain myself from skipping to the last chapter: The End of Homo Sapiens. For …
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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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You can’t outrun a bad diet!
The message is getting through. Sugar is bad. Bad for your body. Bad for your mind. Maybe even bad for your soul. In an editorial in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, three international experts said it was time to “bust the myth” about exercise. They said while activity was a key part of staving …
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Watch out!! Our most advanced species … is advancing!!
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You’re NOT only human …
… you’ve got bits of bug in your DNA, and some of it is missing*. These facts help appreciate the diversity of look and behaviour of humans, but looking deeper, it is the similarities in looks and behaviour, a.k.a. culture, which show that nurture is such a powerful influence on each of us. Research published …
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Social, economic, intellectual capital and the memes of society: expectations determine wealth.
The emerging science of memes hold the key to modern business success. Be a part of a growing meme and you win. That is the aim of leading marketers. What is a meme? It is culture. How do you measure it? Using social, economic and intellectual measures against a backdrop of psychology. Getting data is …
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In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded. – Terry Pratchett quotes …
In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded. Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can. Most gods throw dice, but Fate plays chess, and you don’t find out til too late that he’s been playing with two queens all along. …
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Goodbye Sir Terry. Grief and legacy.
A long sad sigh was felt around the world when Sir Terry moved on today. Many are grieving. His legacy began with time. It is infinite. Stories. Funny thing though, I was talking to him today. That’s the reality of the space-time continuum and modern technology. I didn’t think that he’d not hear me. Ever. …
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A chapter on death
Well sub-chapter. From Common Sense. Death Is a Part of Life As my subconscious filtered the idea that weaknesses in our systems occurred when we ignored nature’s example, I realised that we found it difficult to deal with death, although it was clearly a part of life. Death was important because fearing it is difficult …
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Global systems in transition – accountants seeing the light.
Dr Hazel Henderson has released a summary of her upcoming book Mapping the global transition to the solar age – From ‘economism’ to earth systems science. Drawing on over 40 years of data and experience, it offers a comprehensive summary of the issues faced by global systems and indicates ways forward. It is sponsored by …
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