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To Be A Mule

8th April 2020 by Larry G. Maguire 2 Comments

Image of 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

6th April 2020 by Larry G. Maguire 1 Comment

People on a train cover image

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.

What’s The Future of Work?

5th April 2020 by Larry G. Maguire 6 Comments

What's The Future of Work

COVID-19 has brought the global economy to almost a complete standstill. Where I live, the authorities allow nobody to work, unless you’re part of the emergency response. Any commercial activity can be pretty much attributed to vital services and communications. We’re in a kind of no-man’s-land regarding work.

A Monday to Friday Sort of Dying

2nd April 2020 by Larry G. Maguire 1 Comment

Girl making coffee

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

1st April 2020 by Larry G. Maguire 1 Comment

Trump in the newspaper 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

26th March 2020 by Larry G. Maguire 8 Comments

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

22nd March 2020 by Larry G. Maguire 6 Comments

Coronavirus Girl looking out the window

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 […]

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