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The US Republican Party: Wilfull Blindness All the Way Down
I am reading Margaret Hefferman’s interesting book ‘Willful Blindness’. She shows how the concept that was invented in 19th century English law to cover situations where for example… more →
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The US Republican Party: Wilfull Blindness All the Way Down
wrote 6 days ago: I am reading Margaret Hefferman’s interesting book ‘Willful Blindness’. She shows … more →
The Real Problem of Humanity by E. O. Wilson (1929-)
wrote 1 month ago: ‘The real problem of humanity is the following: We have paleolithic emotions, medieval institu … more →
Victor Frankl (1905-1997) on the Struggle for Meaning aka Conflict
wrote 1 month ago: ‘What man actually needs, is not a tensionless state, but rather the striving and struggling for som … more →
I Blame Post Modernism for George W Bush and Much Else
wrote 3 months ago: I blame post modernism for opening this particular can of solipsist worms, and then we had a post mo … more →
Rights versus Rights on US Gun Control
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wrote 4 months ago: Footnote: About three-quarters (75%) of Americans surveyed support proposals to ban the sale of auto … more →
Inner Peace: the Dalai Lama
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Seeing
wrote 6 months ago: ‘We do not see things as they are; we see things as we are.” – Anais Nin It’s also somewhere i … more →
Orwell versus Huxley: Neil Postman: 'Amusing Ourselves to Death'
wrote 6 months ago: I came across this extract from Neil Postman’s book ‘Amusing Ourselves to Death’ w … more →
Arguing to Win Versus Arguing to Learn: Top Ten Conflict Tips
wrote 6 months ago: I often join in debates in the comment columns of newspapers. In general I do this so that I can lea … more →
Getting Real in the World of Republican Conspiracy Theories
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wrote 7 months ago: Good piece in yesterday’s New York Times about the Republican tendency to go to evidence free … more →
The Real Problem with Psychotherapy
wrote 9 months ago: ‘The really appalling problem with psychotherapy is that, as it proceeds, you become increasin … more →
Alternative Christian Fundamentals?
wrote 9 months ago: We have become used to the term Muslim or Islamic Fundamentalism, though Muslims rightly object to t … more →
Meditations of Marcus Aurelius (CE 121-180) Roman Emperor
wrote 9 months ago: I am reading and enjoying Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations and came across this opening to Book 2 … more →
Conservative Hostility, Hysteria, and Personal Construct Theory
wrote 9 months ago: I have always found George Kelly’s Personal Construct Theory on how we see and construe the wo … more →
Confirmation Bias and Climate Change
wrote 9 months ago: Someone just asked my conflict favourite question: ‘What would it take to change your mind? … more →
Michael Gorb: In Memoriam
wrote 10 months ago: My long time friend Nigel, once warned another of my friends, Pavitra, not to argue with me as … more →
Daniel Kahneman: This Much I Know
wrote 10 months ago: I really like the work of Daniel Kahneman and his late colleague Amos Tversky. I enjoyed this piece … more →
Double Loop Learning: Top Ten Conflict Tips on Why It Fails
wrote 11 months ago: I have always found Chris Argyris’s (1923-) concept of Double Loop Learning, or learning about … more →
Empathy versus Sympathy in Conflict by Kyrie Eleison
wrote 11 months ago: Our correspondent Kyrie Eleison had some interesting things to say about the distinction between emp … more →
