Apeirogon – Page 7 – The Junction

2 Ears 1 Mouth

A couple days ago, while having a conversation with a group of older and relatively drunk Bath rugby fans, I mentioned how I studied politics. I was met with an expected grunt, a heightened sense of frustration. The term ‘politics’ has come to signify polarization. The majority of the population seems to be at a […]

by Aaron White

The Void

Music is the silence between the notes” -Claude Debussy When listening to an inspiring speech, or a piece of sensitive music, it is often the void between the notes or words that induces such profound emotion. When reading a brilliant novel, it is often what is not explicitly stated that becomes significant. When in […]

by Freddie Stuart

The Universal Theory of Justice

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, […]

by Aaron White

Puns from the Strike

Some favorite puns from the current university pension strike, taken from UCL’s School of Slavonic and Eastern European Studies picket line: Why Aren’t You RUSSIAN to Resolve The Issue? Stop STALIN and Start Negotiating! You are PUSHKIN Us to the Edge! But We Will Not be BAKHTIN to a Corner! HAVEL Little Sympathy for Academics! […]

by Freddie Stuart

Quality and Priority

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 […]

by Aaron White

Article – ‘How Billionaires Learned to Love Populism’

In a recent article published in Politico Magazine, ‘How Billionaires Learned to Love Populism’, Amy Chua describes the phenomenon of billionaire populism that we are witnessing in the United States and throughout various European countries. Chua notes that this billionaire populism is not merely an American sensation, but also illustrated in the politics of Silvio […]

by Freddie Stuart

The Evidence for Mindfulness

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 […]

by Aaron White

What will survive, and what will perish?

Do you ever wonder what the ruins of modern society will look like? Will the jagged spires of steel raised above an expanded New York City bay be our Parthenon? Will the observers be the next generation of humanity, extraterrestrial life, or will the ruins just merely be a state, unobserved, objective. Like Chernobyl, or […]

by Aaron White

6th Mass Extinction

In what has been called the ‘6th Mass Extinction‘, we are currently living through a period in which overpopulation, exhaustive consumption patterns, and global warming are leading to ‘biological annihilation’. There have been five other mass extinctions: End-Ordovician, 443 million years ago Late Devonian, 360 million years ago Permian-Triassic, 250 million years go Triassic-Jurassic, 200 […]

by Freddie Stuart

Ulysses

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 […]