There is a long discussion going on at Linked-In, The economist group about an article on lying in which the demarcation line seems to be drawn by many people that lying is bad, telling the truth good and we always have a choice which to choose. Indeed I now read human beings do not need…
Category: Quotidial
Fireworks
Firework link to You-Tube I have always liked fireworks but this is more of an excuse to share the delight and see if I can now add content to my posts to make them more appealing and interesting. Enjoy.
The Incessant Brain
The twenty first century will be defined by brain research. I know we will find out many other wonderful things about existence but it is to the brain research we will look to finally begin to understand ourselves. To begin to answer the questions as to whether self is a singular aspect of our brains…
The Enemy Is Dead, Long Live The Enemy
At New Year Jewish people ask for god to keep their enemies constrained – they ask for it three times. They do so knowing that love of life is a high principle in Judaism and not just one’s own and one’s family’s life, nor just one’s community but all life, human and animal. No life…
Alleys
Many years ago in London my mother and I went to one of the famous museums for the day and we felt peckish. Mum being an old Londoner walked with me for a few minutes down the main roads and then aid that the best places to eat were always down the side roads. So…
Time And Space
I recall as a teenager talking about the universe with a friend at school and out attempts to understand infinity. I suggested the universe might end and we might be able to travel to its end (this was before theories of bubble universes and warped space) and my friend asked me what was on the…
Edit And Revise
I was talking with friends recently and it was pointed out to me that some people believe it is the speed with which people write their verse, or paint, or whatever art it is they practice, that proves their talent. I actually think is absurd given that even those who create might have thought about…
Congratulations Its Still A Child
Bertrand Russell famously suggested, and he was being serious, that no one should leave school before the age of thirty. It is a strange effect of aging that one can view a twenty year old and remembering how adult one felt at that age, see clearly how immature most twenty year olds actually are. Right…
Henry IV Part II
The night before battle, Shakespeare give Henry IV one of his finest speeches spoken in the quiet of his tent: How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep! O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature’s soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down…
Goodbye Typewriters?
I remember my first typewriter, mainly because we still have it, and also because it belongs to my mother. An Olivetti Lettera 22, now a design classic, a small, portable typewriter that came with its own cleaning brush, heavy felt base and zip up case. I was four years old when I started to tap…