It is within my mind, then, that I measure time. I must not allow my mind to insist that time is something objective. When I measure time, I am measuring something in the present of my mind. Either this is time or I don’t know what time is. St Augustine, Book Xl of the Confessions. […]

Here is a provocative title for you! Bryan Caplan, professor of economics at George Mason University, wrote The Case against Education; Why the Education System is a Waste of Time and Money. Caplan’s thesis is that most of what we learn in the traditional education system is irrelevant. Much of the subject material, apart from […]

It is far better to render Beings in your care competent than to protect them. Jordan Peterson, 12 Rules for Life It is fast becoming the dominant ethos in our society that we must shield people from every possible harm, whether physical or psychological, real or perceived. Unfortunately this futile task renders us vulnerable as […]

It is a source of great frustration having an interest in indigenous affairs coming to realise how ineffective we are at making a difference. Recently the annual “Closing the Gap” report was published highlighting the usual disappointments in trying to reduce the disadvantage of indigenous Australians. The only statistic we seem to have been meeting […]

Actualities seem to float in a wide sea of possibilities from out of which they were chosen; and somewhere, indeterminism says such possibilities exist and form part of the truth. William James As you will have deduced from my blog essays, I am an avid reader and enjoy a wide range of genres including history, […]