Seth Godin: The Mona Lisa Principle
When your ideas are spreading, when your work is remarkable, when your organization has built a social ratchet that works, one of the side effects… Read More »Seth Godin: The Mona Lisa Principle
Values
Ends and Meanings (2): Alisdair MacIntyre on the modern self
MacIntyre believes that contemporary modern statements are ultimately ’emotivist’: in the absence of a clear telos (purpose / function / end), the statement “You ought… Read More »Ends and Meanings (2): Alisdair MacIntyre on the modern self
This is poverty, Jakarta edition
Here’s the point: even if your parents or caregivers had almost nothing, even if all they could give you was love and care, a bit… Read More »This is poverty, Jakarta edition
Ends and Meanings: Alisdair MacIntyre on the three-legged stool of Aristotelian ethics
Below is MacIntyre’s description of the Aristotelian model of morality. He believes this model began to break down during the Enlightenment, leaving us with the… Read More »Ends and Meanings: Alisdair MacIntyre on the three-legged stool of Aristotelian ethics
A disordered language of morality: Alasdair MacIntyre’s disquieting suggestion
Why does there seem to be no rational way of securing moral agreement in our culture? Why do competing moral claims (for example between the… Read More »A disordered language of morality: Alasdair MacIntyre’s disquieting suggestion
Thought experiment: Infinite inequality without injustice (1)
This may seem obvious, but it’s important. Jane and Frank work weekdays at a restaurant. One day, their boss offers them both an extra shift… Read More »Thought experiment: Infinite inequality without injustice (1)
At the Mountains of Madness: Edwardian* Science; Lovecraftian Cosmology
The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a… Read More »At the Mountains of Madness: Edwardian* Science; Lovecraftian Cosmology
Moneyfesto; or, the Monetization* of DriverlessCrocodile
*(With apologies to readers in Britain for that horrifying z) Only when the last crocodile has been skinned will you realise that you are being… Read More »Moneyfesto; or, the Monetization* of DriverlessCrocodile
Midas and the alchemist; or, Monetize This
The alchemist is hungry for money, desperate to turn something into gold. He’ll try anything, working through the night to find the trick for getting… Read More »Midas and the alchemist; or, Monetize This
A crisis of purpose?
What’s the point? Too what extent are we decadent? How many of society’s problems stem from a widespread crisis of purpose? Bon Jovi said “You… Read More »A crisis of purpose?