It seems to me, that when others require your compliance, be it for what they consider the greater good or indeed their own good, they are prepared to forgo their humanity. The rules, bureaucracy take precedence.
Society & Culture
Welcome to the article category society and culture. Read articles and essays on the the role of work in society and culture over the centuries
To Be A Mule
Once we accept the concept of work is something meaningful, not just the source of a buck, you don’t have to worry about finding enough jobs. There’s no excuse for mules any more. Society doesn’t need them.
Hyper-Positivity And The Flourishing of Naivety
From this observers perspective, this gushing all over each other is unsubstantial insofar as it is unsustainable. It is a flourishing of naivety. It is an over-the-top response typical of a global population incapable of holding the middle ground in the event of dramatic change.
A Monday to Friday Sort of Dying
How many of these people had a 5:30 or earlier rise just to get their kids to creche or some other form of child-minding? How many of these parents wouldn’t collect their kids until 6:00pm or 7:00pm and endure the slog every single day?
The Arrogance of Fools
I know many of my readers are based in the US, and I certainly do not wish to offend any of you. But from my position of political neutrality, and taking into account what I have learned about the psychology of human behaviour, it appears to me that your emperor is naked and not many can see it.
It Gets Better
These days I feel blessed. It’s been ten or twelve years since the global financial crash and although there is still the memory of its worst days in my mind, mostly it’s only a shadow now. The roads as I drove around the city over the last few days, reminded me of that time. Although […]
Coronavirus: The Human Game Has Irrevocably Changed
I’ve had a problem with crowds as long as I can remember — I can’t stand them. Football matches, supermarkets, cinemas, shopping centres, etc. They drive me crazy. Not because I’m anxious around people or socially awkward, but rather because masses of people in crowds seem to forgo their individuality and behave like automatons. On the […]