Standup Comedy

I recently took a short course in standup comedy. What attracted me was the idea that it might be easier to communicate ideas if we sprinkle them amongst comedy. Here is the result: Continue Reading →
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I recently took a short course in standup comedy. What attracted me was the idea that it might be easier to communicate ideas if we sprinkle them amongst comedy. Here is the result: Continue Reading →
Freud revealed to us that life is work and love. These two sides of the same coin are what life is all about. But as a culture we find it much Continue Reading →
I found this on googleplus today: “I live on Earth at present, and I don’t know what I am. I know that I am not a category. I am not Continue Reading →
Another article showing how the thinking in my first book, The Escher Cycle, can be used to make sense of The Guardian’s strategy. This one maps what David Pemsel called Continue Reading →
Instead of giving money to the Philippines (which has just been hit by possibly the biggest storm ever) why don’t we all take one less long haul flight this year, Continue Reading →
Gregory Bateson said that the cause of most of the problems in the world was because there is a difference between the way nature works and the way people think. Continue Reading →
Quite a few memes on Facebook today have dealt with the passing of the 400ppm CO2 level in the atmosphere. It’s going to carry on heading upwards for a few Continue Reading →
Margaret Thatcher’s death is more interesting for what it shows us about what is happening now, than for anything that may have happened 25 years ago. Here is my take Continue Reading →
A couple of years ago I went on holiday in southern Spain. The food, of course, was fantastic, much of it organic. We decided to take the ferry over to Continue Reading →
Here are three things, three symptoms, that seem to imply our culture is significantly changing direction.