Context is all important in asking any question? And these days a key question is the importance of history. Pragmatic agendas of the daily grind obscure how significance the study of the past is for getting a perspective on how to live a better life. This blog looks at how different present contexts are better understood from what preceded.
Dear friends, Yes, to life affirmation, irrespective of the colour we "choice to place" on the canvas, and where we place the splash in our brief moment of time. As a general point among the thoughts of the global educated classes, here is the difference...
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In Either/Or Søren Kierkegaard marks " the distinction between an essentially hedonistic, aesthetic mode of life and the ethical life, which is predicated upon commitment." Today we have, Either "to allow for universities which are teaching only" Or universities...
Last November the Productivity Commission recommend, in an intermit report, for the removal of the tax-free status of private schools. Let me be clear, this does not benefit public education. My prejudice is towards public education, but the prejudice of the...
"The great obstacle that reason (Vernunft) puts in its own way arises from the side of the intellect (Verstand) and the entirely justified criteria it has established for its own purposes, that is, for quenching our thirst, and meeting our need, for knowledge...
In the blog article, "Buckley’s Chance, Cultural Thinking of Trumpism, and History", I introduced the idea of "the spiral history theory of stupidity." What I stated was: Historical forgetfulness leads a population into...
A colleague of mine (and a "colleague of mind") wanted to help us -- the South East Queensland Community -- with a project in urban sociology. He wrote to the Queensland Public Service Commission (QPSC), regarding workforce profiles for the Queensland Public Service...
Following Public Message on Public Infrastructure in the Lead Up to 2024 BCC and Queensland Elections, I have had a few conversations and enlightening feedback. One conversation was with a colleague and friend who described the Brisbane City Council (BCC)’s bus...
It amazes me that the reaction thinking can swallow up social movements into the madness of the mob. Yes, when layout on a spectrum, it is only a minority position, but, in which case, the reaction thinking becomes the majority outlook through the echo chamber...