Author: KB
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Babar The Elephant | Cities and Civilization
“This is a story about life in the big forest, a story that’s still being told today” Our little boy has got really into the DVD of Babar, ‘King of the Elephants.’ I watched it through with him a couple of times, and it’s struck me as a very strange and interesting story. A normal,…
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Generocity
My brother in law, Simon, and his partner Maro are going to be heading out with VSO shortly. They’ve started a blog which I’ve added to my sidebar, and I thoroughly recommend passing by there. The strap-line they’ve come up with is ‘Bringing Global Justice Home’ and what I really like about what they’re doing…
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01:02:03 04/05/06
Three seconds into 1:02am GMT, tomorrow. Happens once a century. I won’t be staying up to celebrate. Technorati Tags: Time
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Beatitudes | The Politics of Happiness | Wealth
Yet another study (BBC report here | Prospect article here) has confirmed what the wealthy have always told us: money does not buy happiness. It seems that after per capita income has exceeded around £10000, populations experience an inverse relationship between increased income and happiness. The question is then justifiably asked: should governments be focused…
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On Meaning [3] | Absolute Truth | Power | Stages of Faith
On Meaning [1] | On Meaning [2] In the previous two posts I have been trying to set out why I still hold to a position that absolute truth exists. The discussion began as a meditation on meaning and language, and I’ve tried to make the connection between these and truth. I ended the last…
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On Meaning [2]
It’s been a knackering week, so this is going to be even more lacking ‘meaning’ than it’s going to anyway, but here we go with part two. In response to the previous post ‘on meaning’, Nic wrote: [I want to react against] some sort of pre-ordained meaning, rules of engagement or ‘isness’- a divine database…