Well you are. So imagine how life would be if you had to do everything for yourself. Not just the easy stuff, like getting out of bed and getting dressed. But also stuff like growing and cooking your own food, building your own house, making the tools to do it, baking the bricks, smelting the …
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Category:1 Perspective
It’s not easy to do the right thing.
So, I must confess that for three years we let a field to a neighbour for use in conventional tillage farming. Previously, that field had been managed organically for over a decade, but we found we could not use it and the rent money would be welcome. Now, we’re regalvanised to protect the environment and …
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How much do you know about the world?
The world has changed a lot, mostly in a good way. Have a look at Hans Rosling’s little quiz, take it and see how you do. Answers might surprise you. Take the test There are reasons to be optimistic and insights in to what we can do to make our world a better place.
Evil prevails when good people do nothing
“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” is attributed to Edmund Burke, an Irish political philosopher, Whig politician and statesman (1729-1797). Searches have failed to find this exact quotation in Burke’s writings, but these Burke quotes seem appropriate. “But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? …
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Outlook 2013: If you haven’t found the answer yet, read this.
If you see some question about what the future holds the ideas outlined in the WFS Outlook 2013 will stimulate. Even if you have found teh answer it will still feed you brain. Enjoy it. http://www.wfs.org/futurist/november-december-2012-vol-46-no-6/outlook-2013 Outlook 2013 INTRODUCTION Human actions could become more accurately predictable, thanks to neuroscience. Nano-sized robots will deliver cancer-fighting …
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Tick the box. Or think.
I just had an interesting conversation with my brother. He is a senior compliance specialist who has worked with the biggest global commercial banks. He explained the extraordinary cost and consequences of poor administration of the legal framework of the finance and securities industry in the EU. I was amazed. His perspective from the City …
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you think i don’t want to ask for forgiveness or help
but that’s just not acceptable, is it. when you wield the power of god you must act as god should you must behave “good” you can not kill a beast for money you can not kill a person for justice and you can not ask for forgiveness you must live with yourself good or bad …
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Learning is painful.
At least when you’re making a leap or really starting something new. You can either accept the pain of the process or not. Not accepting it means avoiding it and not learning. If you accept the challenge choose to live with the pain and enjoy the process. Or choose to hate the pain and fight …
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Aren’t The King’s New Clothes Wonderful!?!
Danny Kaye’s is the version I loved as a boy, though Bernard Cribbins does it well too. If you can’t listen, the lyrics are all you need. If you don’t cry at the the irony, smile at the knowledge that there is an answer staring us in the face, even if we choose not to …
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