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There are many reasons why people want to prevent online anonymity - to stop children accessing inappropriate material, or criminals selling stolen goods, for example.  But there are also good reasons to protect it - to prevent persecution of minorit

There are many reasons why people want to prevent online anonymity - to stop children accessing inappropriate material, or criminals selling stolen goods, for example.  But there are also good reasons to protect it - to prevent persecution of minorit

Our starting point will be the challenges faced by democracies around the world, and what can be done to support, strengthen, and maybe reform them.  If you are able to take a look at 'Democracy: An Introduction' (https://just-human.net/articles/demo

What are we building? Putting together contributions from Brian and Mark...

A set of online resources for helping to organise and develop a better world, a place to browse for contacts, ideas and approaches, as a sort of updated "Whole Earth Catalog"

Brian is leading a discussion about Money - the money system, rather than the difficulty we have in trying to get enough of it.  So the topic is money - how it works, why the current system causes many of the problems we face, and (hopefully) how the

Please have a look at the article, Artificial Intelligence, and add your thoughts and comments.  Thank you!

Brian was offering to lead a discussion about money, the major problems, and what might be done about them.  But Covid has got in the way.  We are working on an alternative subject - please let us have your suggestion.  As always, everyone is welcome

There was a lot more we could have said last month about the subject of 'Identity', so we may well come back to it in a few months.  One specific aspect which seems worth looking at in more detail is the way in which our identity, the tribes we belon

Please have a look at Mark's recent article, 'Identity - who are we?' (https://just-human.net/articles/identity-who-are-we).  As always, everyone is invited; please contact Paul if you don't have the access details.

Details to be decided...

Please see the email for details.

Talk about faith and rationality often involves (and, I suggest, is generally side-tracked by) references to the 'leap of faith' which is commonly associated with Kierkegaard - so can we avoid the pitfalls?  And, while we are on the subject, why is i

Brian has circulated links to the book, and to several critical articles.  The chapters are fairly stand-alone, so you can pick and choose the aspects you are most interested in, if you don't have time to read the whole thing.  Or we will summarise w

One of the topics we touched on in a recent discussion was the pressure we all feel to conform to the views of our social group. Steve offered to spell out something of what that feels like, using global warming as a worked example.

Steve sent me a s

When I was growing up in the 60s, the world faced many problems, but in most areas we could see progress was being made. These days, it often feels like the world is going backwards. Facts are clearly not enough, so what can we do to change hearts an

Topic to be decided.  As always, everyone is welcome; please contact Paul if you don't have the Zoom details.

In May, we touched on the difficulty of getting people engaged with useful activities; there was a general feeling that people today are less willing to volunteer than in earlier times.  I (Paul) offered to talk about lessons learned from my own expe

We are aiming to discuss Utopia for Realists: And How We Can Get There by Rutger Bregman.  If you can read some of the book beforehand, that would be good, but it's not required: if you read a few of the reviews on Amazon, you will get a good feel fo

As always, everyone is invited; contact me if you don't have the Zoom details.

Again, this meeting has been moved from the following week.

Please coontact Paull if you need the Zoom link.