Trafficking. Terrorism. Corruption. Massacres. The news is not a TV show. The news is not something happening to other people. The news is us, the culmination of our decisions to inflict or ignore the pain. The news is the result of our choice to pass on responsibility to make the world better to others. News …
Author Archives: muser
Four types of belief in the future
I think there are four different worldviews, four different beliefs in the future. 1. Nature. A world where humans coexist sustainably within the natural ecosystem. A move back to harmony between humanity and the rest of nature. 2. Humanity. A world where humanity thrives as a whole. Humanity above animals and plants. 3. Tribal. A …
Free will
Is anyone comfortable with their stance on free will? The more I learn, the more deterministic my view becomes, the more uncomfortable I feel. How can I square morality with determinism? How can I square determinism with the fact that I feel free?
Stepping into the unknown
An extract from Europe Is Lost by Kate Tempest: The people are dead in their lifetimes Dazed in the shine of the streets But look how the traffic’s still moving System’s too slick to stop working Business is good, and there’s bands every night in the pubs And there’s two for one drinks in the …
Procrastination
Sometimes I struggle to want to do anything. I want to curl up and watch crap TV. I’m not sure why it happens, but it does. Sometimes I give into this urge, sometimes I don’t. I wish it didn’t happen, but it does.
Bitcoin bubble?
There is only one thing that determines whether the mercurial rise of bitcoin is a bubble, and that is: will bitcoin become a widely accepted form of payment, whose value is no longer measured in $$$? The answer to this question I do not know, and probably nor do you. If it does, then bitcoin …
Reload
Same blog. New aims. I’m going to share ideas: Mainly short, sharp and quick, but occasionally longer and more considered. Like twitter but longer. My personal store of musings, open to the public if they care. Long form was great, short form is hopefully manageable.
musings of an untrained mind 