Kneejerks – Media and Instant Opinion
The media is a powerful force in everything that we do today. Newspapers are read on buses and trains as we travel from one place to another. The radio or television is turned on at […]
Philosophy
The Misuse of Philosophy
When I was on holiday recently, I was in a clothing store shopping for some cheapish t shirts for my daughter. I picked out a couple and took them to wait in the everlasting queue […]
The Sale of Transcendence
If we look around us, it is possible to see that life is a compartmentalised into different spheres. There is a ‘work sphere’; especially geared towards efficient work, with a uniform to distinguish it from […]
“Technocracy vs Democracy” – There’s a distinction between the two?! Why do we vote again?
When I moved to Athens I became political, in a curious rather than knowledgeable sort of way. It’s difficult not to when you’re left weeping in a changing room stall after walking past the government […]