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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 …
Johannes Brahms is quoted as saying, “Without craftsmanship, inspiration is a mere reed shaken in the wind”. To which I would reply, “Without inspiration, craftsmanship is a mere reed indistinguishable from the rest”.
“The principal and proper work of history is to instruct and enable men by the knowledge of actions past to bear themselves prudently in the present and providently in the future”. (Thomas Hobbes, 17th Century philosopher) “He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living hand to mouth”. (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe). “He who …
The justices on the Supreme Court believe that “money is speech”, a judgment that will go down as being one of the most devastating assaults on democracy in a hundred years. If you are going to be consistent (and shouldn’t lawyers be consistent?) then it is logical that shooting people is also a form of …
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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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