Do too many laws, prevent us from actually doing anything good? George Monbiot highlights, present alarming police activity and our ever steady progress towards a police state in the name of freedom. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/georgemonbiot/2009/jun/22/kingsnorth-fit-police-surveillance However this question isn’t just about the laws and how their being applied, which is indeed of grave concern. But also of […]
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Social Inertia
Another social phenomenon, which I first observed (or moreso interpreted) whilst out with a drunken group of freinds and trying to leave the pub to move to the next one. The polite thing to do is to let everyone know that you’re going after this drink and then get ready to leave. Two hours later, […]
Emotional Osmosis
We absorb the emotions of those around us which in turn affect our own feelings and behaviours. Some of us are more susceptible then others, but we all suffer from this process, much as we may find it an abhorrent assault to our rationality. To find reason cast aside on a wave of emotion and […]
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