Dave Martin | Sports + stupidity ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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The term ‘selfish’ is most, if not all the time, used in a pejorative way. It’s rare for someone to say, ‘He’s such a good bloke – He’s so selfish.’ And what’s it got to do with having babies? Maybe there’s no way that anyone can have kids and not be selfish in doing it. Or maybe there is. Or…
There are (at least) 3 things that you’re born with that you are part of who you are now, that you had no control over: Your name, your age, and your nationality. These were decided for you. You were thrown into them, and as Sartre would say, they’re your facticities. Which makes them meaningless in any truly significant way, as…
Have you looked around lately? Go on… walk around in town during a busy shopping day… or go out on a Saturday night… tell me if you see any other species in almost even remote abundance as humans (ok bacteria will fuck up my argument) but let’s just leave the micro-biome out of this one). And? What do you think? Head…
What do we actually need? Well, this song, and specifically Soja, have an idea of what… And thanks to one of my students, Marcela who translated Falcão’s verse so beautifully and poetically from Portuguese, this is what Falcão thinks we do… Look for your dreams, your intentions, Open your mind for your heart, Wake the transformation of hundreds to millions, Because, if…
You know the ants walking around doing their thing in parks, yards, fields all over the place, right… do they bother you? Most likely no. But say a few ants intrude on your turf, invade your house and get into your kitchen, are all up on your benchtop, crawling all around your stove, getting into your food and –at least–…
In the intro to the ‘Alien Contact’ event at next month’s World Science Festival in Brisbane it says: Humanity is on the verge of discovering alien life…NASA estimates we’ll find definitive evidence of aliens within 20 to 30 years. Which begs the question: And then what? But really? Are we? Firstly, why do we assume that we are closer than ever, in…
This is part 2 in a Deep Dive into why we have kids. Here’s part 1. –———————————- * The word ‘dominant’ in the title of this, in reference to us humans, refers to our potential (beneficial or destructive) influence in this planet. So even though plantlife or animal life may have some greater influence on the planet that we are…
We can feel so much compassion and connection to other animals. Whether they’re dogs, cats, gerbels, or a small used jar with a spider in it that you poke holes in and give grass to every day (I did that once when I was about 10 years old. The spider died not long after. I feel bad.) The human condition…