One of the main criticisms levelled at politicians has been that they are ‘out of touch’. The traditional parties have certainly borne that out in their campaigning and communication for this year’s general election. Their bubbles have drifted so far from reality that they don’t seem to know how to connect with and appeal to […]
reflections
Social change is a personal development issue
Imagine that the world can be different. Some people will find that easy. Some will find it harder. Some will find it alarming and retreat from it, dropping word grenades to discourage pursuit. We are psychologically disposed and socially conditioned to have a stable worldview and defend it against conflicting input. “This is the way […]
Planet of the Bubble People
Worldviews, change, the frustration of persuasion, and why people say mad things Do you struggle to understand why people refuse to take on board ideas that are principled and sensible and would lead to fixing problems? If so, your personality type probably has some overlap with mine. Congratulations and commiserations. 😉 Untangling this kind of […]
The age of illumination
This piece is an excerpt from my ebook ‘Crowd/Control’, now available on Amazon. We had the Industrial Age. We had the Information Age, which slid into the Communication Age of putting information to use. We saw ourselves from space as one planet for the first time, and then set about making it a technosocial reality. […]
Clutter conversations
Golly gosh, I didn’t intend to stay quiet for so long! As some of you know, I moved house in early January, and it took a lot of my mental and physical resources in the run-up, doing it, and the fallout. Of course everything’s a learning experience… Life, luggage and the pursuit of happiness So […]