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How Blaming Really Works

How Blaming Really Works

Where the Blaming Stops I became interested in blaming, because, being part of a ‘normal’ family, I have been blamed for my fair share of things, by almost everybody at some point. But rather than washing dirty linen in public, and inadvertently

two people arguing

HOW USELESS SMALL THINGS BUILD MEANING

The Power of Weak Ties How "Useless" Interactions Build Values, Identity, and Culture Two people are having an argument over dinner that neither of them can win. It started with something on the news (a strike, a court decision, a politician saying

YOU FAIL WHEN CHOOSING THE WRONG VERB

YOU FAIL WHEN CHOOSING THE WRONG VERB

There's a moment in every high jumper's training that looks like madness to an outsider. They don't jump. For weeks, sometimes longer, they don't go near the bar. Instead they squat. They bound over hurdles that are ankle-high. They do depth jumps

frames and filters

Filters, Frames, and the Gap: How We Turn Events into Lives

Two men mow a lawn or two women clean the same kitchen - or the other way around if that makes you happy; but the same story happens all the time. Same tap, same pile of dishes, same smear of tomato sauce

The Wisdom You Didn't Ask For

The Wisdom You Didn't Ask For

You kneel by the hospital bed, or you sit in the car park before the meeting where you're about to lose the contract, or you stare at the second glass of wine and ask, quietly, for the thing to change. The diagnosis

The Clockwork Rebellion

The Clockwork Rebellion

Why the Smartest Case Against Free Will Secretly Proves the Opposite In the autumn of 1820, Hans Christian Ørsted was giving a lecture at the University of Copenhagen when something peculiar interrupted his demonstration. He was running an electric current through a

woman deciding

YOUR BRAIN IS STILL ON THE SAVANNA

Why Every Purchase You Make Is Controlled by a 200,000-Year-Old Survival System A guide to the hidden wiring behind every buying decision you have ever made The Two-Dollar Mystery

the patriots

THE PATRIOTS YOU MOCK, THE PATRIOTS YOU NEED

This is an extract from a much longer article. You can download the FREE PDF. You can watch the YouTube video inserted at the bottom of the post. The Illusion of Patriotism Patriotism in Australia has become a cultural fault line. Each

First Commandment

SACRED ALGORITHM #1

Chapter 1: Lex Primatus - The Law of Primacy You shall have no other gods before me. (Exodus 20:3) In the late 1990s, a peculiar cultural phenomenon began to take shape in the sprawling suburbs of America, a quiet revolution not of

left vs right

LEFT VS RIGHT: ON GOVERNANCE AND POWER

A Personal Political Philosophy A quick bit of background: I grew as a child of Apartheid in South Africa, with all the concomitant benefits - most notably, good schooling and even University bursary. My family deemed me 'left', but it was more

needs wants and fears

THE TRIFECTA OF TYRANNICAL EMOTIONS

Need, Want, and Fear—and the Quiet Surrender of Human Agency I'll be honest with you - today's sermon kinda sucked. So, the mind wanders - as it is wont to do. And I started thinking - making my own sermon along the

Great oscilation

LEFT vs RIGHT: AN EXISTENTIAL CROSSROADS

The world, in its dizzying complexity, often invites us to seek simplicity. While the nuances of individual character are infinite, human history suggests that our collective worldviews tend to cluster into two distinct archetypes. These are not merely political labels like 'left'

LESSONS FROM 'THE PILL' THAT WE NEVER LEARNED

LESSONS FROM 'THE PILL' THAT WE NEVER LEARNED

My conclusion is that we may have to burn down the joint - that is if we don’t make some critical changes. There are (always) existential threats to society. We don’t always recognise them for what they are at inception. Ironically they

DEAR JEW, LET'S FIX THIS

DEAR JEW, LET'S FIX THIS

(or how to abolish antisemitism) I reference many (historical) minorities, but I am mainly thinking about the Jews. As a Christian, the idea of ‘Jew’ is important to me. I am wondering why, of ALL the minorities in the world, antisemitism is

RACISM: A CONVENIENT MYTHOLOGY

RACISM: A CONVENIENT MYTHOLOGY

The origins of racism are often framed as if racial ideology emerged first and then drove centuries of domination, exploitation, and inequality. Yet when we return to first principles and examine the historical record with a clear sociological lens, a different picture

WHAT IS A WORLD WITHOUT WHITE MEN?

WHAT IS A WORLD WITHOUT WHITE MEN?

Writing about white men is a modern taboo. Despite any assurance I may offer, I doubt the average reader will accept on face value that this is not racist. I am in full agreement with Frank Zanu (Benin-born, African American thinker) that

CHRISTIANITY, ISLAM AND JUDAISM — THE FAULT LINES

CHRISTIANITY, ISLAM AND JUDAISM — THE FAULT LINES

My usual writing is more assertive. However, this subject is sufficiently complex that what follows is more speculative theory than a blunt attempt at persuasion. I am acutely aware of my own worldview and biases, and I make allowances for them where

It’s the CULTURE stupid

It’s the CULTURE stupid

Culture is the invisible script that nations recite without rehearsal, the unspoken bylaws dictating how societies stumble, soar, or self-sabotage; just as surely as they govern the boardrooms of businesses and the backrooms of bureaucracies. We toss the word around like confetti

Everything you need to know about the Bondi Massacre in Dec 25

Everything you need to know about the Bondi Massacre in Dec 25

It pains me to write this... but I will lay out a summary of the events and what will happen over the next month or so, and then you can skip reading and obsess all about it. It is so predictable, it

In the beginning

In the Beginning

Open the Hebrew Bible and the very first word you encounter is Bereshit (בְּרֵאשִׁית) — “In the beginning.” Centuries later, the Gospel of John begins with a deliberate echo: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and

red pill on immigration

Love thy neighbour, BUT...

Uncontrolled and illegal immigration represents a conundrum for Christians. Or does it? It is only human to feel threatened in the face of rapid socio-cultural transformation, and that includes the changing face of your community when people no longer look like you.

fuentes

Why the world needs Nick Fuentes

Lara Logan has unlocked one of the great mysteries of the Left vs Right debate for me. And it is particularly salient after the Nick Fuentes and Piers Morgan ‘debate’ blew up online. (Dec 25) Lara argues that many of today’s biggest

winners and losers

Why do the weak win?

Why did the US lose in Vietnam? Why do small immigrant groups capture healthy western democracies? Why did the 'weaker sex' get to defeat the patriarchy? Why "Weak" Parties Often Win? From a pure strategic, evolutionary, and systems perspective, "strength" (military firepower,

What Is Framing?

What Is Framing?

In the spring of 1981, two psychologists at Stanford University presented a group of students with what seemed like a straightforward public health scenario. Imagine, they said, that the United States is preparing for the outbreak of an unusual Asian disease, which

The Science behind Framing

The Science behind Framing

Dr. Antonio Damasio was puzzled. The patient sitting across from him in his University of Iowa clinic appeared perfectly normal in almost every way. Elliot, as we'll call him, was articulate, intelligent, and possessed an excellent memory. His IQ tests came back

Framing and Identity

Framing and Identity

On a cold February morning in 1960, four young Black men walked into the Woolworth's department store in Greensboro, North Carolina, and sat down at the whites-only lunch counter. They ordered coffee and doughnuts. When the waitress refused to serve them, they

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