(Don’t) Work Your Hours
If you’re running an organisation or project, your job is not to work your hours. Your job is to see that things get done (not… Read More »(Don’t) Work Your Hours
Vision
Arthur C. Clarke on Immortality and Decadence, Death and Life
… it was the two extremes of human population range that fascinated him most of all. They very young and the very old – both… Read More »Arthur C. Clarke on Immortality and Decadence, Death and Life
Love and Clusters: (more from) Tyler Cowen and Russ Roberts on Reading and How to Read
Highlights from Cowen and Roberts’ recent conversation on Econtalk. On reading for love Cowen: …don’t read stuff you don’t love reading. That’s the simplest point… Read More »Love and Clusters: (more from) Tyler Cowen and Russ Roberts on Reading and How to Read
Tomáš Halík on Wrestling with God
Si comprehendis, non es Deus. “If you have understood it,” – or think you have understood it – “then you can be sure that it… Read More »Tomáš Halík on Wrestling with God
Tomáš Halík on Modernity, Optimism and Naked Hope
Traditional notions of hell paled in comparison with the inventions of 20th-century totalitarian regimes: Hitler’s and Stalin’s concentration camps. And compared to technological miracles and… Read More »Tomáš Halík on Modernity, Optimism and Naked Hope
Every Man Will Be a King; or, Sovereignty
The Wretched Do you hear the people sing?Singing a song of angry men?It is the music of a peopleWho will not be slaves again!When the… Read More »Every Man Will Be a King; or, Sovereignty
New Year’s Revolution; or, Wot No Retrospective?
When we are young we busy ourselves in forming schemes for succeeding time, and miss the gratifications that are before us; when we are old… Read More »New Year’s Revolution; or, Wot No Retrospective?
Freshening Up: DriverlessCroc is on Holiday
Thanks for coming! I’m on holiday until early January, when I’ll be back to posting at least three times a week. Wishing you and yours… Read More »Freshening Up: DriverlessCroc is on Holiday
Christopher Dawson: Culture, Cult and Cultivation
Every culture is like a plant. It must have its roots in the earth, and for sunlight it needs to be open to the spiritual.… Read More »Christopher Dawson: Culture, Cult and Cultivation
On Fish and Ponds
Q: Would you rather be a big fish in a small pond, or a small fish in a big pond? A: As with most questions… Read More »On Fish and Ponds