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Essays, aphorisms, quotes and poems


From Pooling to Differentiation

Chesterton is the great advocate for the road to social justice less travelled

The Problem of Giving

We struggle to welcome gifts - unless we see everything as a gift.

Design Requires Deeper Thinking

Inspiration from Steve Jobs.

Social Mobility and Meritocracy

A fable from Rabbi Nachman.

Long-shot Utopias

Christianity and History.

The Value of Stories

Inspiration from Hannah Arendt.

The Survival of Justice

Aeschylus on justice.

Space Disabled

The use of the term 'disabled' is complex and disputed.

The Incompetence of the Clever

Much of society is organised on the principle that we should leave decisions in the hands of those who are most competent to make them.