The metropolis is a frenzied animal. But what can it do to defend itself? Jump. Cry. Ask us to show it some mercy? Ask us to refrain from filling it with temples, where even God refuses to pray. Armando Orozco Tovar The Earth is an animal. She shakes […]
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Slavery and reparations
Abolition Acts continued to be re-written and re-applied right up until the early 1900s. The effects are still with us. Nigel Pocock African-Caribbean slaves are the largest group that have not been compensated for the suffering and abuse they underwent for 400 years (c. 1450-1850). This might seem […]
Computational power vs. wisdom?
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 […]
Shrinking society
Church-going is declining. Among migrant communities, it is still strong. But for the second and third generation the attractions of active religion are also less. Steve Latham Before the atheists get too excited, however, they need to reflect that the same phenomenon is occurring among political parties and […]
Lancashire lad
I remember growing up in Radcliffe, in Lancashire. A small industrial town, with hundreds of chimneys belching smoke over the valley. None remain now. Steve Latham The cotton industry has collapsed. Our temporary historical blip, of imperial protection, has been replaced by global capitalism, and the terminal decline […]
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