Category Archives: Politopical

What’s a piece of technology you’re convinced will exist in 20 years? Automated Idiocy

What’s a time you followed your gut and it turned out to be exactly right? When didn’t it, is the better question.Love at first sight has proven to be my biggest cause of disasters, but even they have involved the old ‘every silver lining has a grey cloud’ scenario. You know, like that.My second biggestContinue reading

What’s your top tip to be successful in life? I wish I knew.

Get Lost!

I would like everyone associated with Get Up! to define, exactly, what their position on democracy is and how they intend to support free speech, clear and transparent communication and reporting, and freedom from harm.  Without these values, our society slips closer to being a paranoid cult based on either religion or ideology, neither ofContinue reading “Get Lost!”

Slipped

Something happened in 2020something that you may know aboutsomething many didn’t enjoysomething that caused many to die And die they didin China and Australia and the USAand donning my tin foil hatI must throw something into the fray Having taught English for 20 yearsto an entire country of peoplewho never came acrossplurals and singulars… ItContinue reading “Slipped”

List three books that have had an impact on you. Why? Euripides, Medea: the laws of gods vs the laws of men Miller, The Crucible: the stupidity of GroupThink and religion Asimov: Foundation (original series): secular science protects us

What are you good at? Comparative analysis and abject silliness.

Have you ever broken a bone? Only two. Broken my heart a few more times than that.

What sacrifices have you made in life? Self-determination. Been recovering that but it’s much easier to give away than to generate.