Why don’t more people have difficult conversations?
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    Are people-pleasers restricting public discourse and making it tricky to challenge? Asking because difficult conversations can solve big problems

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    @lucysh
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    Why are people so obsessed with having everything ready-made?
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    It horrified people in the 1940s to have packet mixes, because powdered egg reminded them of the Great Depression. Now, people are oblivious, they expect everything to be in packets and forget the chemicals needed to preserve those foods. No more weevils in the flour, but yes plenty of good-fashioned-modern petrol in our flour, sugar, salt, cheese, bread… as well as our bottles of ‘self-care’ products we’re told are ‘necessary.’ You’d think every house-hold was a hotel for astronauts.

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    @initiallyno
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    Will there be havens created for those who can’t stand spam drones?
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    New technologies bring banal, transforming side-effects worth visualising.

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    @willbrodiecom
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    What is the role of the Grandparent when it comes to raising Grandchildren?
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    So many of today’s Grandparents fulfil the role of the Carer for their Grandchildren. On occasion, the Grandparent’s own methods of responding to / dealing with the behaviours of children may differ from that of the child’s parents. What is the expectation in the event this occurs?

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    Mary
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    What is the one mechanism that will unify all of humanity for common good?
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    I am asking because we are becoming more convergent at the same time we are becoming more divergent. We have the power to build and destroy each other and ourselves. I want to know what we are doing today to ensure humanity exists for future generations at the same time the earth is changing/evolving.

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    Cynthia Mueller
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    Why should I be denied the freedom to sell my organs?
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    Throughout our lives we sacrifice many things for money- relationships, comfort, time- if I can rationally decide, with no duress, that dispensing with an organ is my preferred mode of raising money why should I be prevented from doing so? Particularly given that it may save the life of someone in urgent need.

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    Adam Myatt
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    Is identification with the ‘self’ the greatest cosmic joke there is?
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    @stevenadams52
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    Are words more important than actions?
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    @oliviaejallen
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    Would a wise man play leapfrog with unicorn?
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    You know what i mean….

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    Lancelot
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    If a cashless society comes to pass, what will happen to street performers?
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    I’ve already noticed I don’t carry change. So what of buskers – and panhandlers?

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    Jill Callum
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    What is behind the obsession with festivals in the arts in Australia?
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    So. Many. Festivals.

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    @noplain
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    Why is it that the likes of George Bush are seemingly untouchable in terms of holding them to account for disastrous self-serving decisions like the iraq war?
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    If someone steals something they are arrested but if someone sends in troupes under dubious pretence killing thousands of civilians, ruining the lives of their own combatants why is it that they just float off to a life of ease? Shouldn’t high office hold high accountability. There must be factors that give them immunity. What are they?

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    Tracy Merchant
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    What makes you a good parent?
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    New parent myself – but more importantly in light of the Syrian refugees placing their children in scary waters in the hope of providing their children a better life in Europe.

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    Tammy Iliou
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