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Essays, aphorisms, quotes and poems


Exiles

Imagine a man who washes up on a desert island. He has all he needs, but then new people arrive on what he thinks of as ‘his island’.

Don't Take Advantage

Justice is always best measured from the perspective of the weakest.

Four Kinds of Designer

There are four kinds of designer or innovator, each with their own style. No style is right; each has its merits and its limitations.

Irony of Education

We must see education as the development of what is already innate.

Dignity Comes First

Human rights trump property rights says Exodus.

Designing from the Wrong End

The challenge of genuine social innovation and welfare reform is to figure out how to make the 'good idea' be more than a 'good idea'.

Educational Totalitarianism

Good education implies freedom - faith in the unfolding of human potential.

Crazy Systems

A crazy system is one that defeats the purpose it was set up to achieve.

Oppression as a Reproach to God

Why is it an insult to God to oppress the poor?