critiquing ideology
The Goldsmith’s tale is a short and basic history of our modern system of banking. It demonstrates the progression of logic to where we are today, and the profit-driven incentive that has propelled that progression. It also exposes the absurdity of our current system, and the tenuous nature of an economic order based on nothing […]
Read More…A zero-sum game is a mathematical representation of a situation in which each participant’s gain or loss of utility is exactly balanced by the losses or gains of the utility of the other participants. If the total gains of the participants are added up and the total losses are subtracted, they will sum to zero. This means that it is […]
Read More…I spotted this photo in a newspaper this week and had to post about it. It depicts a diver in the fjord of Kaldfjord near Tromsø in the Arctic Circle, blissfully unaware of the presence of two killer whales who have come up for air behind him. The phrase ‘ignorance is bliss’ was coined in Thomas […]
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“we stand on the brink of a technological revolution that will fundamentally alter the way we live, work, and relate to one another” – Klaus Schwab With the current technology at our disposal, Forrester Research Institute predicts that 9% of jobs in the United States will be lost to human-free productive forces in 2018 alone. Looking […]
Read More…Cosmopolitanism and its theory of universal justice are motivated by three distinct principles: A commitment to the moral belief that our obligations to distant others are of no lesser priority than those to our compatriots. A belief that global problems require global political strategies. An understanding that the boundaries of the modern nation-state are arbitrary, […]
Read More…In every walk of life it is important to complete tasks to a high standard, but it is equally important to complete the right tasks. Similarly, it is important to use both of these measures to critique aspects of life on both the macro and the micro scale. In journalism for instance, it is important […]
Read More…Mindfulness meditation has been shown to affect how the brain works and even its structure. People undertaking mindfulness training have shown increased activity in the area of the brain associated with positive emotion – the pre-frontal cortex – which is generally less active in people who are depressed. Many studies have shown changes in brain […]
Read More…Come, my friends, ‘T is not too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down: It […]
Read More…“A picture is worth a thousand words“ From David Low to Matt Pritchett (MATT) Cartoons have always had a simple way of revealing political truths and public sentiments. These two images, separated by almost 80 years, reveal at a glance British perspectives on contemporary foreign leadership. Informative and hilarious, cartoons are a wonderful medium for creating […]
Read More…Whilst social media may, in some cases, have a positive impact on an individual’s mental health, many studies demonstrate the serious risk it poses to your day-to-day mental state. A recent article I found in the Economist helps to make this sweeping statement slightly more detailed. Here is an interesting graph demonstrating the impact of […]
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The Junction 