Nov 9, 2020Can’t I just leave the playing field…?by Lila Bosman “Welcome to Africa” — were the words from a friend, accompanied by a fistbump, when I arrived home and relayed my disillusionment at being outright manipulated by a traffic cop into bribery. I felt sick with disappointment that I had allowed myself to be intimidated into playing…Globalization12 min readGlobalization12 min read
Apr 16, 2020We Need a New Operating System: The Gauntlet has been laid downWith Covid-19 set to send the world into a 1930s-style depression, or probably worse, pundits are busy asking whether this is the end of capitalism as we know it. It was the same during the 2008 financial crisis. But nothing much changed. We soon went back to business-as-usual. And…Covid-194 min readCovid-194 min read
Nov 21, 2019Election Rebellion?An invitation to psychologically smart, action-focussed politics By John Bunzl and Nick Duffell At a time when the human propensity for ostrich-like behaviour is becoming perilous, we owe a massive debt to the Extinction Rebellion movement (XR) for putting climate change onto the headlines. This raising of consciousness has been…Politics5 min readPolitics5 min read
Sep 26, 2019What is Radical Global Love?Love is like a wildflower that blossoms in our hearts.[i] It flowers most naturally in a family or local setting, where people are physically close. It’s natural and often easy for family members to love one another. When strangers begin to love each other, they become friends or partners. When…Politics5 min readPolitics5 min read
Dec 13, 2018Simul-culturalism: How to bridge the political polarization that’s tearing us apartby John Bunzl and Nick Duffell, authors of The Simpol Solution: a new way to think about solving the world’s biggest problems. Peter Owen 2017, Prometheus 2018. We’ve got a problem You don’t need us to tell you that there are some Very Big Problems out there. There seems little point in even…Politics9 min readPolitics9 min read
Apr 23, 2018Brexit voters want more regulation, not lessDid you get what you voted for? In order for democracy to work, we have to continue to buy into the idea that the best way to influence the way we are governed is to vote for what we want. …Brexit3 min readBrexit3 min read
Mar 14, 2018What Trump can teach us about tackling Climate Change“We’ll always have Paris” says Rick to Ilsa in the film Casablanca, referring to the cherished memory of their brief love affair, now over. I’ve been thinking a lot about Paris recently, though in less romantic terms. The Paris agreement on Climate Change sealed in 2015 was something of an…Climate Change5 min readClimate Change5 min read
Feb 21, 2018Sorry Mad Max fans, the Race to the Bottom has already begunIts been a fun week for reviving interest in Mad Max as David Davis made an oddly-positioned attempt to reassure the British public that the post-Brexit landscape isn’t going to be a dystopian hellfire. …Brexit3 min readBrexit3 min read
Feb 2, 2018How Market Patriarchy is degrading Men and WomenWith most top positions in business and politics occupied by men, and our world groaning under the weight of climate change, war, mass migration and wealth inequality, Channel 4’s Cathy Newman seemed on safe ground in asserting that the Patriarchy lives; that if only more women were in those positions…Feminism4 min readFeminism4 min read
