Observations on the world and its inhabitants
Human beings are meaning-making creatures. We build internal representations of the world and act on them. Every known known is a model. Every assumption acted on without examination is a model. A creature that refused to commit to any model, that held everything provisionally, would stand frozen at the edge of every decision. It would ...
The survey has been live for about 24 hours. No responses yet. That may change. One person saw the link to the blog post. Whether they clicked and read it, I would not know. Subsequently, that same person was in conversation by text messages. The following sequenced flowed: When asked how could I know what ...
There is a deceptively simple question buried beneath much of everyday human behaviour: should a person spend personal time reading, viewing, or thinking about matters over which they have no control or influence? Approached literally, the answer dissolves into a fog of individual variables — personality, education, culture, neurological development, social circles, and a dozen ...
I can fully expect to be most hated and called various names for this article. Flick through any social media feed on a Friday night and you’ll be met with a familiar sight: artfully arranged plates of food, clinking glasses, and grinning faces bathed in the warm glow of a trendy restaurant. Here in the ...
Some will of course, be wondering what has led me to research this topic. Well, I’ve been hiding in Northern Ireland! That has brought me into this history of this country – a forgotten part of the UK, except when there is an explosion or serious violence over here. Youngsters of today will probably be ...
This article is not designed to be a book review. I have not read the whole book as yet: “The Manipulated Man” by Esther Vilar. Of course, you never heard of her. Who cares! To learn less do not read Wikipedia. I have read several parts of the book and will complete it soon. This ...
I just received learned opinion from a group of high IQ doctors that using AI to summarise articles and present findings is “low effort”. This means that anybody who cannot or does use AI for such purposes, is a “high effort” person! Some people may to believe that low effort is simply laziness. However, low ...
“Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates,” written by sociologist Erving Goffman and published in 1961, is a seminal work in the field of sociology and particularly in the study of social institutions and mental health care. The book offers a profound analysis of life in “total institutions,” particularly focusing ...
Captain Walker
Captain Walker
