Resisting dehumanization PART ONE “Why should anyone care about dehumanization? Dehumanization fuels the worst brutalities that human beings perpetrate against one another. It’s not just a problem of the modern, industrialized world: it’s haunted humanity for millennia.”  David Livingstone Smith … >>>>>…….>>>>>…….

Watercolours, trauma and neuroscience “… And what can give a child hope – or take it away?  As you might expect, I believe that hope is a brain-mediated capability. Hope is the internal representation of a better world; essentially a … >>>>>…….>>>>>…….

 Edited    20/10/2023    Lying                                                                                                                      Autumn 2023 “Lying is the royal road to chaos.”  Sam Harris “Lies are the social equivalent of toxic waste: Everyone is potentially harmed by their spread.” Sam Harris  “Lying is, almost by definition, a refusal to … >>>>>…….>>>>>…….