Computing and IT

Computing, along with all other aspects of Information Technology, is frequently considered to be one of the major challenges we face - but the power it gives to people means that it must also be one of the answers.

Identity - who are we?

A short essay seeking to highlight the issues around the area of identity, identity politics and to ask questions intended to help debate and discussion around this sensitive subject.

Christianity: The Basics

In the early Church, a Christian was someone who gave their primary allegiance to Jesus of Nazareth, a human being in whom God was present, who God raised from the dead, and who is Lord of God's coming Kingdom of justice, peace and love.

The Alternative to Capitalism

Many people argue today that there is no alternative to capitalism: much of the last century can be seen as a conflict between capitalism and communism, and capitalism won. History is no longer going anywhere (or seen to be going anywhere) because w

12 Lessons - Fixing Britain with Louise Casey

12 Lessons - Fixing Britain - with Louise Casey.pdf

The Problem with our 1.5 Degree Target

It seems very likely that people will be assuring us that we can still hit the 1.5 degree target, years after we have sailed right past it.

What Controls the World?

You can stop worrying about the danger of Artificial Intelligence taking over the world: it has already happened. The world is run by organizations - businesses, multi-national corporations - which operate according to their own systems and logic.

Climate Change: No Place To Hide

It's a reasonable assumption that one major barrier preventing faster and more effective response to climate change is this: the elite believe that they will be able to hide from the worst effects. They think they will be able to retreat to a gated

Leaping into Faith?

[Back to Reason, Science and Faith]

1. Introduction

The idea of a "leap of faith" is unfairly defined by Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_of_faith) as:

In philosophy, a leap of faith is the act of believing in or accepting something not

Why are discussions about faith between believers and unbelievers so often a complete dog’s dinner?

How can we be clearer when discussing ideas between believers who typically have invested meaning in the word 'faith' and non-believers who probably use the word differently.

Wonder, Mystery and Awe

When we talk about religion or belief - almost any religion or belief - it is easiest to talk about the aspects which can be expressed in words. Obviously. We can't talk in any meaningful way about the subjective experiences people have, but these

Faith

We tend to think about faith as a state of mind, but when considering faith we need to focus, not on the subject who is believing, but on the object of that belief. We can have faith in something or someone. When we have faith is something, we belie

Book Reviews

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We need to give some thought about how best to structure this...

23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism, by Ha-Joon Chang (Penguin, 2011). This is utterly brilliant. It does what it says on the tin: it tells

Climate Change: Why Deny It?

Climate Change: Why do some people not believe in it?

In our Zoom meeting on 21^st September we discussed the dangers of climate change and possible solutions, and it was interesting and important but much like a million other such discussions. The m

Book Review: Humankind

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Book Review: Humankind - A hopeful history

by Rutger Bregman, 481 pages; 2020

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Humankind-Hopeful-History-Rutger-Bregman-ebook/dp/B082SXZFC9

To be very clear, in my (not so) humble opinion, this is a v

REVIEW: Facism - A Warning: Madeleine Albright.

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This was my holiday reading! A very important book.

BOOK REVIEW:

FASCISM – A WARNING: Madeleine Albright.

Madeleine Albright was well-placed to write an urgent warning about the resurgence of Fascism. She was born in Czechos

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