Societal

Societal - i.e. problems we all face and possible responses, at the national and/or international levels.

In Figures - Heart Disease

Analysing the top causes of death worldwide, one finds that 13% of all human deaths are now caused by heart attacks; in the richest countries, 16% and in the poorest, 6%.

posted on 14 February 2012
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On Systems

So are we all really being watched over by "machines of loving grace"? If you haven't seen the documentaries by Adam Curtis, full as they are of quirky and strangely compelling arguments, patterns and links between the seemingly unlinked, then sit back, ingest a huge pinch of salt, take it all in and think for yourself. ...read more

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posted on 13 February 2012
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On Fame

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A hopefully apocryphal - but probably not - anecdote has it that a first year history student at an American Ivy League university recently raised his hand and asked the professor: "If you're currently teaching us about the Second World War, that means there must have been a First World War, right?"

Now comes the suggestion that many of the younger generation have never heard of perhaps the most successful composer - in commercial terms - of all time.

posted on 13 February 2012
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