A Universe of Atoms
“I have thought about these things so many times alone that I hope you will excuse me if I remind you of some thoughts that I…
The importance of being idle
From Maria Popova today: “Today, in our culture of productivity-fetishism, we have succumbed to the tyrannical notion of “work/life balance” and have come to see the…
Genius of the Ancient World
Bettany Hughes has a new 3 part series starting on Wednesday 5th August on BBC4 called Genius of the Ancient World. Historian Bettany Hughes travels to…
Aldous Huxley on the trap of language
“This is the greatest gift which man has ever received or given himself, the gift of language. But we have to remember that although language is…
Neither Averting nor Craving
Relating to part of our discussion last night, Leo has a timely post today here. “…in each moment where you have some kind of negative emotion…