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I need to consolidate a few posts to make a fuller argument, but yet again BHA highlights one of its “Thoughts for the Commute”. This time it’s philosopher Richard Norman : “Love, friendship and creativity. The enjoyment of making beauty. Making a better world. Who could ask for anything more?” Richard Norman Yet again “belief” … Continue reading “More Faith in Love and Friendship @BHAhumanists @jimalkhalili #tftc #whatsofunnybout”

As business advice – clearly comes across pretty cheesy to quote “Desiderata” as your inspiration – you only have to look at the comment thread in reaction to this LinkedIn post. But as I’m always saying: “What’s so funny ’bout peace, love and understanding?” [No idea if Angela Ahrendts and her LinkedIn persona are for … Continue reading “Neither be Cynical about Love”

Hopefully this is nothing more than coincidental, but history seems to be repeating itself, with France taking Syria more seriously than the Brits again. Old imperialists never die it seems. Probably really just a reflection how weak and unprincipled current UK government and parliament has become – damaged goods thanks to the Thatcher/Reagan & Blair/Bush … Continue reading “Sykes-Picot Revisited”

Augusto Cuginotti (hat tip to David Gurteen again) Anyone who can bring “love” into knowledge management is OK with me. As I so often quote Nick Lowe: Where are the strong, and who are the trusted? What’s so funny ’bout peace, love and understanding?

As a practitioner of positive psychology (and an atheist) Jonathan Haidt’s “The Happiness Hypothesis” reads at times like a spiritual self-help book, and in a sense it is, but it is supported by a mass of academic and scientific references. The Psybertron agenda has been on evolutionary psychology as a description of both epistemology (what … Continue reading “Haidt’s Happiness”

Fun (pleasure or jouissance), was part of Zizek’s agenda noted below. I finished his “Living in the End Times” a week or so ago; a good provocative read in many places, but I was just left with an inconclusive anti-climactic “so what ?”, and no further specific review subjects to publish, so I moved straight … Continue reading “What’s So Funny ?”

Noticed a paradox before in Thoreau’s descriptions of building a railroad with bridges … to get places … which I mentioned in this piece on The Devil Wears Prada “Everybody Wants to Get Ahead” Came to mind again when I saw this story “to get rich quick, build roads fast” story of road-building opening up … Continue reading “Building Bridges”