Live while you are alive
Sometime in the 14th Century someone invented the mechanical clock. Prior to that time was measured by the sun and the seasons. Now the day was divided into 24 equal periods, what Roman Krznaric calls “the greatest revolution in the history of time and an event which changed human consciousness forever”. In 1370 a public …
The ancient Greeks regarded Eros as dangerous. He represented the idea of sexual passion, a fiery, irrational form of love that took hold of you and possessed you. By inference this love could not be maintained over a long period. It involved a loss of control that frightened the Greeks, but for us today this …
Anne Marie McDermott, a prominent pianist, recently played the fourth piano sonata by Charles Wuorinen in Washington D.C. In reviewing the concert in the Washington Post, Robert Battey, after some half-hearted compliments, commented, “but Wuorinen’s severe, cerebral atonality tires the ear. Since listeners have not the slightest sense of expectation as to what note will …
“We have been bequeathed cultural legacies that could be doing us great harm, yet which we scarcely spot or question, such as a work ethic in which we consider leisure time as “time off” rather than “time on”, or the belief that the best way to use our talents is to become a specialist in …
If you are an employer one of the best things that has happened over recent years, not much commented upon, is the apparent acceptance among young people of short-term work contracts. The bosses justification is “flexibility”; the economists call it “productivity”. Another great invention of modern capitalism. Ahem! Think of it: you are looking for …
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