Let’s Talk Love, Sex and Promiscuity
In August 2012, I gave a talk at Philorum about non-exclusivity in relationships and the appeals of an alternative to our conventional monogamous relationship model. The audio, video and script are...
View ArticleA History of Human Rights
Equal justice. Equal opportunity. Equal dignity without discrimination. Human Rights are not a history lesson. Human Rights are not words on a page. They’re not speeches, commercials or PR campaigns....
View ArticleA critical first take of Blendr
I recently joined Blendr. What can I say. I’m curious how technology and social platforms change the way people live, work and play. I also wanted to see what other worlds and people were out there....
View ArticleThe History of Human Thinking (in 6 minutes, 4 seconds)
A great little film that’s beautifully made. John Marshall Roberts tells an illuminating tale of human developmental psychology as a species, ending on an exciting note of hope suggesting what the...
View ArticleSome (Radical?) Thoughts On Work, Love and Marriage
I write this sparked by a talk by Alain de Botton on “The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work”, which somehow managed to congeal a couple of themes that have taken forecourt in the last decade of my life,...
View ArticleYou are…
“You are the books you read the films you watch, the music you listen to, the people you meet, the dreams you have, the conversations you engage in. You are what you take from these. You are the sound...
View ArticleAre we systemised to neurosis?
“Holocaust on a conveyor belt”, from barakasamsara.com Hauntingly beautiful, this clip offers a deeply disturbing reflection of our society today. It forces the question, “Have we become systemised to...
View ArticleThe Perils of A Job
I’ve felt strongly about the place of work in our lives for the longest time. Steve Biddulph, I recently found, devoted an entire chapter to it in his book “The New Manhood”. Here are a couple of...
View ArticleArt’s role and what makes it powerful
In an exclusive interview with Bonsai TV, body artist Marina Abramovic, talks about The Abramovic Method, her body, her performance and her testament. How she thinks about her work and life convinces...
View ArticleA Sunday Reflection on the Cult of Busy
As I combed through my Facebook feed, I felt a sense of impending doom and dismay that lost to us is a culture of slow. Where one might lie and devour, for days on end, a piece of craft or a sensual...
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