75-Year Retrospective
Five lessons from my professional life prompt a research proposal to study the influence of dominant narratives and tribalism in international relations.
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Issue: Homo Sapiens
1.03: The Geography of Thought
Modern Science arose within a context dominated by Western Philosophy with its roots in ancient Greece, as we will see in later units of this course. Eastern Philosophy, with its roots in ancient Chinese thought, makes very different assumptions about the nature of reality. The resources on this web page supported the discussions at this module of the course
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Science, Philosophy and Spirituality
A description of what motivated me to develop a 12-part course for u3a, covering our common reality, the shaping of the modern world, and issues facing the modern world.
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1.01: The Significance of Stories
Resources to support the u3a “Stories” Module of Science, Philosophy and Spirituality that was delivered during November 2022.
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Situation Critical: There are too many of us, and we are behaving too badly.
Many people are telling us what is wrong with the world – but “it is what it is”. As a species, we have flourished to the point where we occupy vast portions of the world’s land mass. And the way we behave collectively is destabilising the planetary systems which sustain life on earth—the reasons for our success and the damage we are doing lie in our fundamental human nature. So, suppose we want to repair dysfunctional relationships with our fellow people, the living planet, and its fractured ecosystems. In that case, we should match our efforts to control nature with a drive to understand how to harness the better angels of our nature.
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