Should we have pets?
At best, the pet-human relationship is an example of the kind of mutually beneficial symbiotic relationships many animals enjoy.
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Do we need props?
Some find our increased reliance on mental prosthetics troubling. Will a generation that can google everything, everywhere, grow up unable to remember anything?
ReadThe Laughing Philosopher
Video of a discussion I took part in at How The Light Gets In 2014 on humour and philosophy.
ReadWatch what you tweet
I don’t think we can maintain a strict division between personal and professional life any more. The boundaries are blurring because we quite rightly no longer accept that business is business, and nothing more.
ReadDon’t buy less, buy better
The narrative that Jesus came to save our economic skins was given extra credibility with news that retail sales in November were significantly up on last year, thanks to the shopping scrum that was Black Friday. This is a myth now more potent than the story of the baby of the manger. It persists, however, because it’s a story that is equally convenient for both defenders and detractors of the economic status quo.
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