I think therefore I act…
If our social reality and education are the factors outside of us that shape our view of reality, what factors inside us contribute to the decisions we make? Education definitely influences our...
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Ourselves and Others
Cooperation and it’s pre-requisite, reciprocity, require us to learn how to get on together but real human development needs us to be able to do this in a truly diverse and inclusive way. Easier said...
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DIY for Social Change
Even if we all agree that our world needs a good overhaul in the area of ethics and morality, it is still a slightly frightening prospect as so many atrocities have been committed in the name of doing...
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What Everybody Needs to Know About Reality
(A day’s worth of food in the palm of the hand - Emily Akai (34) and her family. Photograph: Rankin – Oxfam in Kenya) What if many of the things we take as unshakeable realities...
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Courage is not the opposite of fear – it is the defiance of fear. Looking fear in the eye, we gird up our loins and act anyway. However, to be courageous doesn’t mean to be reckless. Recklessness is...
View ArticleChaotic Butterflies
In ordinary life chaos means disorder – random, disorganised confusion. In science it means something entirely different – it means apparent randomness. In other words, things that appear to be...
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Suffering…what is it good for?
Evil causes suffering and evil is preventable, but even in a paradisiacal world without evil, suffering would still exist. In the most wonderful and peaceful of worlds, completely free of war and...
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The Story of the Long Spoons
There is a Jewish folk tale that tells the story of a man who wanted to understand Heaven and Hell. First, he travelled to Hell. Here, row after row of table was piled high with platters of food yet...
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Anemia is a serious problem throughout the developing world and it has serious consequences for the health of women and children in particular. After he graduated from the University of Guelph, in...
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Let’s Dance
And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. - Friedrich Nietzsche It’s easy to believe in war and injustice in greed and corruption in hatred and...
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