Asked by:How do you maintain the discipline that allows you to be wild?
Asked by:Why is peace so elusive between the Israelites and the Palestinians? Can it ever happen?
Why happiness rather than contentment: are we never satisfied?
Will we ever get to a point where the concept of a country is obsolete?
Every day the world grows smaller. Slowly but steadily, it’s becoming easier to exchange opinions, ideas, and culture. Sure, there’s a strong argument for identity, economic growth, and security, but perhaps it is equally as important to recognise that we are all humans on the same team. Especially in light of the recent refugee crisis, are borders becoming redundant, and is the idea of a country really necessary?
What can western cultures learn from other cultures about the grieving process?
I currently have a family member who is dying from cancer… and I recently had a friend who died prematurely. Our rituals are so brief. Other cultures morn for days, weeks and sometimes months in ritualistic ways. Is it the threat to economic functioning or is it truly better to just get on with it?
Should atheists curse by taking Darwin’s name in vain?
What isn’t a thought?
Asked by:Why do we seek answers rather than better questions?
Questions drive inquiry, which is the way to critically engage with contested ideas.
Asked by:The tragic picture of the drowned Syrian toddler, or Kevin Carter’s picture of the starving Sudanese child with a vulture waiting to pounce, lead to compassionate letters about how we deal with the aftermath of the world’s tragedies. But where are the ideas for how we stop these tragedies at their source?
Can you tell us how we, the people, convince the United nations to act as a genuine force for good in the world by bringing together the might of the world’s most powerful nations to rectify, at its source, the trauma these individuals are enduring? Or can you suggest other ways we can act? I’m asking this question out of sheer frustration that we can do nothing more than be compassionate to the world’s victims AFTER the event. People power has achieved results before, so perhaps those caring people can do more now – but how?