Category: life
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The dance, between vulnerability and trust
I got angry at a team mate a couple of days ago, a team mate who I highly admire who is guiding us into a challenging year. He then very reasonably suggested we discus the underlying causes of it, between the three of us working at the time. One of his suggestions was 1-on-1 talks,…
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‘Science is not for scientists, but for the world’
This is an article from a Belgian magazine, Knack – all copyright is theirs. I’m just posting it here, because Hannah Arendt (“The banality of evil“) is a fascinating person and I think this article is important enough to be shared in English. https://www.knack.be/nieuws/belgie/wetenschap-is-er-niet-voor-wetenschappers-maar-voor-de-wereld/article-opinion-1807221.html ‘In times of rapidly increasing polarization, it is especially important not…
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Jesus for Atheists
I’ve re-posted this here: https://shittyphilosophy.wordpress.com/2022/05/19/jesus-for-atheists/ I guess this is not much more than a review of Leo Tolstoy’s book ‘A Confession’ and his other books on religion. I’ve been an atheist as long as I felt that the words in the Lord’s Prayer were ridiculous. I believe the Bible is a work of fiction like…
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Headspace is better than coffee
More generically this would be meditation is better than coffee, but the only meditation I do is via Headspace. My central point is that it’s better to give up on coffee and replace it with meditation. I’ve been drinking a lot of coffee for years. I guess 4-5 mugs of coffee per day plus at…
Ian Channing 