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Currently based in a small town near the Barrington Tops, I am an editor working at becoming a bookbinder.

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Arts & Humanities > Political Philosophy What is wrong with this world?: 3 of 124
Fear of choice is what is wrong with the world, the fact that we have increasing choices and yet continually choose not to choose.How often do you hear people bleat that they do not have a choice? Or worse, that there is not enough money/resources/time to do this or that. Yet for those of us in the developed world, productivi... More..
Society & Lifestyle > North American Culture The disillusionment of America: 1 of 16
From at least the time Jefferson's denunciation of slavery was deleted from the Declaration of Independence, leaving the phrase "all men are created equal" as a glaring hypocrisy instead of a noble truth, the U.S. as a society has been fatally flawed. The product of the gap between the dreams of its citizens as egalitarian, d... More..
Arts & Humanities > Asian History A chronology of Chinese dynasties: 1 of 7
There are two points of interest that should be made in discussing Chinese dynasties. The first is that they are by no means as uniform and unchanging as Westerners often think, or as Chinese histories often imply. The second is that they in a sense represent the solution that Rome failed to discover.To take the second point ... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Energy Issues The environmental-destructive capacity of human beings: 10 of 60
The planet is dying! What's all this about a surplus?The realisation that the economy wastes most of its production, even while many go without, is crucial to understanding why the environment continues to be trashed despite the obvious warning signs.In the past, a version of surplus economics has been used by those attemptin... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Government & Policies What is globalization?: 6 of 35
The current round of globalization' is merely a continuation of an economic pattern begun in the 19th century that was interrupted in the years following World War One.Thus the economic history of the 20th century begins with the de-globalization' that followed WW1. The immense debts incurred by the leading industrial nations... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Social Values & Norms Society has its priorities confused: 14 of 70
This question assumes that people can be better than they are, and that not only should they be or do better, but that they are capable of being or doing better. For those of us in the most developed nations, and increasingly in those who wish to be so developed, what most people are can be expressed in a single word, consume... More..
Arts & Humanities > Political Philosophy Why socialism cannot succeed: 6 of 27
Has socialism failed? In fact it is alive and well in Europe. There is nothing in the various theories of socialism that says capitalism or market operations should or will cease to exist. In fact, the more moderate forms of socialism have only ever argued that democratic control would be sufficient to establish the socialist... More..
Arts & Humanities > History (Other) Battles that changed the course of history: 2 of 9
To say that a battle changed the course of history means you are saying it would have made a significant difference if it had gone the other way. This is a pretty tough call as battles tend to take place within a larger context, including other battles, to which the one battle may only contribute a part.Take the Battle of Mid... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Political & Economic Theory Reflections on The Communist Manifesto: 3 of 12
In reading the Communist Manifesto today we need to keep in mind that within Karl Marx, as within most of us, there were two people: the thinker who strives to understand the world and the doer anxious to act. The Communist Manifesto is a great mixture of these two. It contains a wonderfully concise and exciting analysis of t... More..
Education > Educational Philosophy The definition of education: 7 of 24
Why is education like a pyramid? Because you can never have too many or too much of either.Education is undoubtedly one of today's fastest growing consumer products; this is good because it causes less environmental damage than most consumerism - unless you count the damage done to so many brains.Does all that sound a bit cyn... More..