“If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.” — George Bernard Shaw Making people laugh is not...

“Stories are the communal currency of humanity.” – Tahir Shah Stories can lift us Welcome to part five of the storytelling series, with...

“ After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world .” -- Philip Pullman A famous and...

“Humans think in stories rather than in facts, numbers, or equations, and the simpler the story, the better.” — Yuval Noah Harari Is the...

"We can neither endure our vices nor their remedies." - Livy about the Roman Empire Whether it is riots, strikes or feelings of...

Today's short blog is on a subject that seems so obvious, but we often fall into logical fallacies around it. Popular does not equal...

Why hadn’t I heard of the concept of "charity" in critical thinking?.... maybe because it’s a lost art. Have you come across the idea in...

Our public square is broken. For the first time since records began, more Americans say they have no trust in the mainstream media than...

"The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you." – W. Somerset Maugham I was probably the anti-example (if that...

I seek out short books to read. Short books might lack the snob-value that War and Peace or the Count of Montecristo has but these short...

“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”― Lemony Snicket. You can only read a book front to back, right? Wrong....

“We’re here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark.” — Whoopi...

“Our chief want in life is somebody who will make us do what we can.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson I was a lousy mentee. A really lousy mentee...

"Mentoring is a brain to pick, an ear to listen, and a push in the right direction" - John C. Crosby I used to enjoy a podcast called...

“Don’t confuse recognising information with being able to recall it.” - Adam Robinson This is the final installment of the learning...

“Learn from the mistakes of others … You can't live long enough to make them all yourself!” - Oliver Wendell Holmes Over the last 8 weeks...

“You don’t understand anything until you learn it more than one way.” - Marvin Minsky Much of what I have written about is targeted at...

“If you think education is expensive, try estimating the cost of ignorance.”- Howard Gardner Over the last couple of weeks, we have gone...

“Take care of all your memories. For you cannot relive them.” - Bob Dylan I hope you love this one! I have enjoyed researching it. So far...

“Memory is the treasure house of the mind wherein the monuments thereof are kept and preserved.” - Thomas Fuller So far in the series we...