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But one quick point about the UK National Health Service (NHS): almost everybody agrees that it is in need of radical reform, so let's start to spell out what that reform might look like.

For a start, we need to change the primary aim.  The NHS currently aims to deliver…

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Introduction

Even more than most pages on this site, this is not intended as the 'last word' on the subject.  But we do need somewhere to record the most important principles we have learned, to help people make better choices in their lives.

Enjoy, Don't Postpone

Enjoy the ride: take joy in the here and now, don't wait until you have…

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Most people recognize honesty as a virtue, but there are several different forms of honesty, each with their own challenges.  Most obviously, there is honesty about the external world - "I stole the tarts."  But there is also honesty…

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This is the place for contributions about religion and spirituality in general, as opposed to any specific religion or spiritual tradition.

• A Conversation about 'Other' Religions - that is, religions other than Christianity, sparked by a Facebook discussion.…

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Introduction

The term ‘democracy’ appeared in the 5th century BC, in the Greek city-states, most notably in Athens.  ‘Democracy’ referred to a ‘rule of the people’ (δημοκρατία: dēmokratía – dēmos means ‘people’ and kratos means ‘rule’) as opposed to the traditional system of aristocracy, or ‘rule of an elite’ (ἀριστοκρατία: aristokratía –…

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Introduction

Andy Pettman recently wrote an article entitled, "Two sorts of knowledge" and I think he is half right, or maybe two-thirds.  He says:

In English, the word “know” can be used for both a fact and a person.  You can know that the Battle of Hastings was in…

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Artificial Intelligence is not intelligent, but it is changing the world.  It certainly poses a risk to some - perhaps many - jobs, but does it pose a risk to the human race, as some have claimed?

One of the significant risks is that AI models need to be trained on large amounts of data - so they will reliably reproduce any bias and injustice which…

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There is general agreement that the current economic system is broken - but no agreement on how we ought to fix it.

One of the difficulties of talking about this area is that (like religion) everyone thinks they understand the subject and are qualified to give their opinion; also (and also like religion) many experts disagree fundamentally with…

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Introduction

Money has financial value, but so too do many other things.

The value of things in society is constantly increasing, and (in general) we want to be able to trade these things, so too the supply of money within the society needs to be constantly increasing, to remain in step.

Price and Value

We tend to confuse price and…

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Introduction

The modern world requires an efficient and reliable financial system. We need to be able to pay for things – to move money around, both within nation states and between them. And we need a way to provide capital to people who want to start or grow a business. Beyond this, we (as in 99% of the world’s population) don’t actually need many financial…