Category Archives: innovation

80. The Agnostic’s Survival Manual

Posted on January 2, 2015 by thormay

The Agnostic’s Sur­vival Man­ual Thor May thormay@yahoo.com Bris­bane, Aus­tralia April 2013    Pref­ace Dear reader, are you really hop­ing for a book of ‘ifs’ and ‘buts’? Do you want gen­tle ideas and a com­fort­able cor­ner in which to rest your … Con­tinue read­ing →

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78. The Problem of Work and the Rise of the Precariat

Posted on October 9, 2014 by thormay

The Prob­lem of Work and the Rise of the Pre­cariat Work, as a life expe­ri­ence, has evolved greatly over his­tor­i­cal time. For most ordi­nary peo­ple, their job is not some­thing that they enjoy much. How­ever, with­out for­mal work many lose … Con­tinue read­ing →

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75. Property and Life Choices

Posted on August 24, 2014 by thormay

How does own­ing (or not own­ing) real estate, and mort­gage debt, influ­ence the behav­iour of indi­vid­u­als in their wider lives? What are the con­se­quences of these pat­terns for whole nations? Thor May Bris­bane, 2014 Pref­ace: This is a dis­cus­sion paper, not … Con­tinue read­ing →

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61. Ethical Behaviour is Harder for the Rich

Posted on July 28, 2013 by thormay

Con­text: The mate­rial here com­prises dis­cus­sion points and some ref­er­ence links for a diverse group of peo­ple in Bris­bane, Aus­tralia, who fancy them­selves as “gen­tle thinkers”, and who meet from time to time to talk things over. All kinds of … Con­tinue read­ing →

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59. Super-Culture And The Ghost In The Machine

Posted on June 5, 2013 by thormay

Pref­ace: This lit­tle essay is a bit mis­chie­vous, and appar­ently polit­i­cally incor­rect enough to have sparked out­rage in the minds of some sen­si­tive souls from the polite din­ner party set. Although it has no claims to aca­d­e­mic decency, I have … Con­tinue read­ing →

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11. The Conundrum of Men and Women: Innovators & Imitators

Posted on May 14, 2000 by thormay

[related sto­ries: Gen­der Puz­zle / The Inside Track on Hap­pi­ness / Foun­tain of Youth / Let­ter to an Imag­i­nary Lady .. ] Yin and yang, the war­rior and nur­turer, hard and soft, strong and weak, men and women. How hard we tried to … Con­tinue read­ing →

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5. The Art of Disproportion

Posted on December 19, 1998 by thormay

Every writer cre­ates a pat­tern of dis­pro­por­tions. The pro­por­tion­ate is that checker­board of nights and days within which our lives are gov­erned, the rou­tine of sleep, how you part your hair, when you check for your mail, the trips to … Con­tinue read­ing →

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