We joined an eclectic group at Voice Box at the end of June. We were asked to talk for five minutes about Common Sense, a book about people, planet and profit by a venture capitalist. Here is the edited version of the video showing the slides more clearly. Enjoy! Thanks to Jaspar for great camera …
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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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Common Sense in 5 minutes
I’ll be doing Voice Box at GBS Visual Centre next Thursday 25 June at 7.30pm. The idea is to do Common Sense in 5 minutes (apparently the bell rings when time is up. 😉 ) It will be a challenge, but fun. Now to squash the book in to 5 minutes before next week …! …
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First cutting of hay – ahhhhhh, it’s summer time.
Started around 6 in the evening yesterday and took it slowly to avoid mistakes after winter inactivity. Cut for about 4 hours. Looking forward to turning and baling. ‘Twas a lovely evening. Hay is a foundation of civilisation. Without it, animals can not last through the winter, making life difficult for humans too. There are …
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Facebook, like Google, reduces our ability to think. Now scientifically proven!
It’s not as though it wasn’t expected. The behaviour and algorithms users and social media networks are intended to filter ideas to suit our individual perspective. That’s a major reason people use the big engines like Google and Facebook. But that behaviour encourages groupthink. The user only clicks on stories and links that match their …
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Don’t watch “Earthlings”. You can’t handle it.
Three stages of TRUTH: Ridicule. Violent opposition. Acceptance. Earthlings is a docudrama drawing attention to vile, uncivilised behaviour in which we all play a role. It focuses on the torture of animals which modern society condones and from which we distance ourselves, covering five aspects: pets, food, clothing, entertainment, science. Be warned. It is graphic. …
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Yoga In Ireland – groundbreaking analysis of market and practitioner behaviour.
Check out Pam’s article, The Irish Yoga Market, published in Yoga Therapy Ireland Magazine, Spring 2015. Pam’s ground breaking research acquired raw data on the yoga market in Ireland which was previously unavailable and focuses on why people do yoga. The research included lengthy interviews with a number of teachers and leading yoga entrepreneurs, plus a …
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Sapiens: Thinking, Stories and Ignorance, then choosing to die.
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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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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