The Risk of Excessive Caution
"If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading." – Lao Tzu My biology teacher used to joke, "A pessimist is a man...
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hbsingh
6 days ago5 min read
Survive bs everywhere
Bs is everywhere. We know what it is when we see it, but how do we define it, spot it and avoid it? Today's blogs takes the smelly tour...
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hbsingh
Nov 153 min read
Did the policy work?
"The plural of anecdote is misinformation" - Dr. Jonathan Stea Did a policy work? Voters are in the mood for radical policies. Radical...
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hbsingh
Nov 84 min read
Agree to Disagree
“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it means to sit down and listen” - often misattributed to Churchill...
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hbsingh
Sep 275 min read
Competing narratives
"Narratives are the primary way in which we make sense of our lives" - Jacqui Stedmon What are narratives? In most situations there is...
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hbsingh
Sep 132 min read
Radical Centrism explained
There was recently a survey from a right wing magazine which stated that the bottom quarter of the US had the same or worse outcomes to...
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hbsingh
Aug 126 min read
The 5Ds of national decline
"We can neither endure our vices nor their remedies." - Livy about the Roman Empire Whether it is riots, strikes or feelings of...
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hbsingh
Jul 124 min read
Popular does not equal good
Today's short blog is on a subject that seems so obvious, but we often fall into logical fallacies around it. Popular does not equal...
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hbsingh
Jul 34 min read
What is the "far right"?
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" - Evelyn Beatrice Hall Increasingly we are hearing of...
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hbsingh
Jun 295 min read
What is democracy good for?
'It has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried' - Winston...
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hbsingh
Jun 234 min read
Why you should vote
"Voting is the expression of our commitment to ourselves, one another, this country and this world."- Sharon Salzberg This year 2024, has...
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hbsingh
May 306 min read
Public square 2.0
"A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes." What would a modern public square look like?...
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hbsingh
May 193 min read
Democracy and the public square
"Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people." - John Adams Imagine the cacophony of information that is...
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hbsingh
May 103 min read
Thinking charitably
Why hadn’t I heard of the concept of "charity" in critical thinking?.... maybe because it’s a lost art. Have you come across the idea in...
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hbsingh
May 37 min read
Why tech chose misinformation
"The challenge is that the internet has created a place where misinformation just flourishes. We have to think about these systems more...
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hbsingh
Apr 275 min read
Free speech and its limits
Free speech has its limits. We need to work out what they should be. Freedom of speech is venerated by us as an essential right within a...
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hbsingh
Apr 204 min read
Critical thinking - explained
Our public square is broken. For the first time since records began, more Americans say they have no trust in the mainstream media than...
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hbsingh
Apr 65 min read
How do you switch off?
"Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you." - Anne Lamont There are at least two problems with...
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hbsingh
Mar 234 min read
10 insights from 100 blogs
"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself." – adapted quote from Mahatma Gandhi Dear readers, welcome to my 100th blog. A huge...
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hbsingh
Mar 153 min read
13 questions whilst you read
"The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you." – W. Somerset Maugham I was probably the anti-example (if that...
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hbsingh
Mar 104 min read
Short book recommendations
I seek out short books to read. Short books might lack the snob-value that War and Peace or the Count of Montecristo has but these short...
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hbsingh
Mar 12 min read
Different ways to read a book
“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”― Lemony Snicket. You can only read a book front to back, right? Wrong....
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hbsingh
Feb 243 min read
Why read books?
“The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest (people) of the past centuries.” ― René Descartes The average time an...
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hbsingh
Feb 186 min read
Step by Step mentoring
“We’re here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark.” — Whoopi...
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