What are the effects of ‘shame’ on Caribbean families? I believe that this powerful emotion is perpetuated by the dysfunctional family structures that exist there, such structures being themselves directly caused by the deliberate humiliation visited on the imprisoned Africans by the slavers and their plantocratic masters.   Nigel Pocock […]

In our culture, and probably in most, riches are held up as the epitome of worldly and perhaps spiritual success. People envy the wealthy, and want what they have. – Nigel Pocock – What might the ‘needle’ represent in today’s world? How come a massive camel can pass through ‘more […]

I am confident that societies in which the majority of the population have perceived themselves as life’s ‘losers’, can be transformed, but this will require hard work and a long-term vision. Namely that a ‘growth mindset’ approach to educational and social change is an extremely powerful tool, especially as regards […]

On 6th of January BBC1 News reported that research shows that brain ‘power’ starts to decay earlier than was thought … Reasoning powers diminish from age 40 or so…   Nigel Pocock   Is an implied brain ‘power’ only about ‘reasoning’? This statement is extremely simplistic; making good judgements is […]

Far from being a society of mature people, western culture encourages mass narcissism and infantilisation, in ever-increasing numbers.   Nigel Pocock   What is ‘community’? It is a noun, and has a verbal form, ‘communication’. This gives us the essence of a ‘community’, for it is nothing more or less […]