What is so wrong with being a woman?
Out of all the groups of people in society, females are the most bullied, abused and subjected to eugenics. They are the group of people most asked to change, their tone, their clothes, their way of reacting, as if women have to always follow or else. And then, when women follow, they’ll then be vilified by another fashion that wishes to bully them into following.
Asked by:Do you put tomato sauce in the fridge?
What was Nathaniel doing under the fig tree?
Could we have a more sustainable, democratic and fairer world without using money as our principle for production and exchange?
This is a question that propels my research (at RMIT University), e.g. I co-edited Life Without Money: Building Fair and Sustainable Economies (2011, Pluto Press, London)
Asked by:Why does a part of us want to destroy what we love?
When I was young and read Macbeth In highschool I was obsessed with humanity’s ‘black and deep desires’, and since growing up I’ve realised they are closely woven with emotions that are positive. Examples of this are the idea that suffering is always an element of desire, that control and love are so linked, and pain brings greater joy. As I’ve become more articulate about the tumble of emotions that reside within me like a thunderstorm, I’ve discovered that destruction is a temptation of love. And I won’t to know why.
(PS I am a big fan of Cheryl Strayed and want her to tell me a life story that will explain this).
Asked by:So if we are born without an identity, without labels, without attachment- are we not therefore, born an ‘Enlightened Being’?
Asked by:What are the implications on the psychological state of people generally if Time is discovered to have physical causality?
I am quite interested in the metaphysics of physics and in particular time.
Asked by:Why is the internet such a horrible place, and what can we do about it?
I guess we once thought of the internet as having some sort of liberating potential, but today it’s pretty clear that, although we can’t live without it, it’s a pretty horrible place (especially if you’re not a straight white guy). When was the last time you saw a woman being harassed by an egg-man on Twitter, and how can we make sure it stops happening?
Asked by:To Upulie: Do you see much evidence of prey dinosaurs being antagonized by smaller predatory dinosaurs (e.g. smaller bone cuts)?
Asked by:How can we restructure the economy so that a living wage is no longer labour-based?
What with robots, computers, and all the other “help” we’re creating, not to mention jobs going offshore and/or “cheap labor” coming in from offshore, not to mention whole industries (manufacturing, mining) imploding, it looks as if it won’t be long before a goodly portion of the jobs will have disappeared. When three-quarters of working people can’t find a job in countries like Australia, surely we can’t rely on the old solutions of throwing them (us) a little dole money and calling them (us) bludgers (or leaners, if we’re being polite). Is it even possible to restructure the economy so that people can live well without working (or inherited wealth)? What would that look like? How would we get there?