“People used to be born into communities, then found their individuality. Today people are born individuals, then find their communities.” Here comes the Post-Individual TECHNOLOGY, FUTURES, COMMUNITY, INDIVIDUAL, INGENUITY, 4TH SECTOR, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, NEW ENERGY SOURCESpat kane19 April 2024kickstarter, crowdfunding, philosophyComment
Simone de Beauvoir, Hannah Arendt, Simone Weil and Ayn Rand all felt ‘different’ in the world – and changed the way we think FEMININE, BIG PICTURE, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIO-POLITICS, POLITICAL CULTURE, INGENUITY, ACTIONpat kane24 November 2023philosophy, feminism, hannah arendtComment
To be "stoic" is currently a big trend on TikTok. But stoicism is about more than "maintaining a steely and calm disposition, and never complaining" TECHNOLOGY, NEW ENERGY SOURCES, LEARNING, A BETTER MEDIA, ALTERNATIVE MEDIA SYSTEMpat kane18 November 2023stoic, stoicism, philosophy, tiktok, affectComment
"The greatest thing I know is that I know nothing". A beautiful doc on how teaching philosophy calms the angry kids of Belfast LEARNING, LOCALISM, INDIVIDUAL, BEHAVIOUR, NEW ENERGY SOURCES, YOUTHpat kane17 January 2023philosophy, belfast, northern irelandComment
"Refuse to play the perfection game... Make room for fruitful monotony". Some ultimate New Year's resolutions from Adrienne Rich, Rilke, Sontag and LeGuin ARTISTS, NEW ENERGY SOURCES, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, PLANETARIAN, BIG PICTUREpat kane4 January 2023poetry, philosophyComment
Tech giants need philosophers, but is mindfulness made crude by apps? And Tim Berners-Lee wants to "save" the Web he made TECHNOLOGY, BIG PICTURE, INGENUITY, INDIVIDUALpat kane29 November 2019philosophy, artificial intelligence, mindfulnessComment
Top ten regrets in life by those about to die. (Is this about new politics? You betcha.) PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, INDIVIDUAL, BEHAVIOURpat kane15 January 2019death, philosophy, ungerComment