Sure Bill Murray is awesome but what about poor Ned Ryerson had he no agency?

I have a tiny sponsor child in Bangladesh. In an ideal world, she wouldn’t need to be sponsored and I wouldn’t have to worry about her reaching adulthood…

Because I think that our society promotes the myth of happiness and that more will do it.

By narrowing the gap between scientific understanding and spiritual understanding, we get closer to god.

Scientists tell us about the big bang and how this world began but I’m not sure about the ending. Do scientists know?

Because there have always been wars and conflicts in human histories, the world until now and it becomes worse and worse now without hope to end it.

Because not only does all the noise drive me mad (I am currently living across the road from a new building site) but constant, irritating noise can affect peoples health. e.g. leaf blowers make we want to commit murder and that would be very unhealthy for at least two of us!

It seems to create the notion that we can never be satisfied with what we have.. Perhaps it’s needed to keep us motivated to keep doing the job.. However, it can ale lead to constant stress in the work place and dampen creativity.

Inspired by Rebecca Solnit’s The Mother of All Questions in Harper’s, and my own wondering if ‘happiness’ is really the best word to describe what we all are/should be looking for.

Questions drive inquiry, which is the way to critically engage with contested ideas.

The work life balance eternal pursuit is more and more relevant as we have more educated experienced women who choose family life over career ambition in spite of supportive partners ..