Blind Spots is all about exploring ideas or concepts that blind us to things that are there to be seen in plain sight, and that cause us to make far worse decisions than we have the potential to make. Here I’ve finally found the words to describe something I’ve been trying to describe for about … Continue reading The Four Blindfolds of the Apocalypse →

Notions have their place, we need to put them back in their place.   As humanity wrestles with the greatest challenge it has faced since the Second World War, there is a widespread feeling that our ideas on how to organise and run our societies leave a lot to be desired.   Lots of ink … Continue reading A Requiem for Notions →

As speculation mounts over the political future of the island, there is a distinct shortage of advocacy for social, rather than geographic unity.   Thomas Makem’s famous ballad Four Green Fields is an allegory for Ireland’s four provinces, only three of which have been returned to her since independence.   The idea that Ulster — … Continue reading Ireland Can Only Be United Socially, Not Geographically →