by Peter | Mar 9, 2021 | Economics, Objective Thinking
When the tide goes out you can see who’s been swimming naked Warren Buffet Economics affects almost every area of our lives. Like it or not, we are all economic beings: we all trade our time and skills for money, and exchange that money for the things we desire in...
by Peter | Mar 8, 2021 | Life
Have I changed or has the world? I’m not a person who seeks out conflict; indeed, one of my values is ‘harmony’. I like people to get on with each other and I like to think I can build a good rapport with nearly anyone. However I also value...
by Peter | Mar 7, 2021 | Life
Some things I thought and did when I was 18 are best forgotten, but there are others that have kept me in good stead in the intervening years. I had the fantastic experience of living and working as a teacher for a year in rural South West Kenya, thanks to the...
by Peter | Mar 5, 2021 | Future
All meaningful knowledge is for the sake of action, and All meaningful action is for the sake of friendship John Macmurray Objective thinking is concerned with understanding how the world IS, independently of me and my subjectivity. The aim is to reduce the ‘human...
by Peter | Mar 2, 2021 | Life
My ideal reader is … you. Ok, that may not quite be true if you’re boiling with rage and wanting to burn me and everything I’ve written at the stake for heresy. If thinking is for everyone, then my ideal reader could be anyone. It doesn’t...
