What is the self? As with any complex and slippery concept, we can draw on literally thousands of years worth of philosophical discussions in both the eastern and western traditions to address the question. But perhaps it will be simpler...read more...
Think about the most extreme views that you’ve heard in the past few months. We’re certainly not short of extreme viewpoints at the moment after all. Maybe it’s something about whether we should wear masks in the age of coronavirus....continue reading on Medium...
I can’t claim to have read Robin DiAngelo’s book “White Fragility”. I’m a black man and I don’t think my blood pressure could take it. Still it gives me a little comfort to read that according to Matt Taibbi, neither...read more...
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What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done in your life? How would you feel if everyone in your life; your friends, your family, your colleagues knew about it? What would the repercussions be for your career and your relationships? This...continue reading on Medium...
Quite possibly my favourite 20 minutes of 2020 so far. Admittedly this isn’t a super high bar…
Let me just paint a little picture here: In 2012, a 15 year old Lianne Wadi posted several racist tweets. Tweets which resurfaced last week; over eight years later. Lianne’s father, Majdi Wadi, who is the CEO of a Mediterranean...read more...
Most information nowadays is noise. Social media has given us all a platform, and it’s almost impossible to figure out which ones are worth paying attention to. Given this information overload, it’s natural to feel like there’s no point in...continue reading on Medium...
Excellent and disturbing article by Yascha Mounk in the Atlantic. Companies are so eager to signal their virtue, and so desperate to avoid the attentions of the Twitter mob, that they’re firing people at the mere suggestion of racial impropriety....read more...
On one level it can’t be helped. Humans are competitive by nature. It’s only natural that there would be a degree of one-upmanship, even over something as important as ending racism. But enough is enough. Because it’s looking increasingly like...read more...