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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.

Please note that this is a week earlier than usual.  Mark will be leading us.

Mark describes himself as a long time pacifist, but the war in Ukraine is challenging that conviction, because it seems like fighting Russia is obviously the right thing fo

We will probably not be meeting in December.  As always, if you don't have the link to join us, please email Paul.

Everyone welcome. If you don't have the Zoom link, please contact Paul.

Everyone welcome. If you don't have the Zoom link, please contact Paul.

Everyone welcome. If you don't have the Zoom link, please contact Paul.

Everyone welcome.  If you don't have the Zoom link, please contact Paul.

Again, we are intending to follow on from the previous discussion.  If you were involved with starting a new political party, what would be important to you?  You can find the original set of ideas we discussed last time here: The Plan; and the new m