Growing up in pre-2000’s, pre-household internet England, I, like most others, was indoctrinated into a very rigid Christian framework of interpretation. …

Someone attempted to play a dirty trick on me lately… — … they asked me if I’d refer to a certain set of behaviours as evil, and, when I said no, they attempted to spin it to make me appear as though I approved of these behaviours, or at least find them somewhat acceptable. With many other people, I’m sure this…

There are growing calls lately for people to be more compassionate, understanding and empathetic, among other things — and it’s easy to understand why; humanity is only just beginning to emerge from our relatively cold, brutal, fractured roots. But are these calls genuine, and are they supported by concepts, notions…

There aren’t many words or phrases that, regardless of the context they are used in, make me wince when I hear them — the phrase “My Truth” is one of them. It’s not even the words themselves that get to me. …

This is part 7 of a 7-part series. Click here for part 1 Two of the main focuses throughout this series have been the self-empowerment of individual people through overcoming outdated concepts and divisive ways of thinking, and the unification of people in general through a non-ideological and non-identity-oriented philosophical…

This is part 6 of a 7-part series. Click here for part 1 Two of the most restrictive myths about humanity is that we must extract our standards and moral codes from either the religious or the political institutions — the assumption being that, without a government, god, or master…

This is part 5 of a 7-part series. Click here for part 1 Though there are still many challenges ahead for us to face, we’ve come a long way from the ill-equipped, near-blind species we once were. For all of our historical and present struggles, not only have we gained…

This is part 4 of a 7-part series. Click here for part 1 “In speaking of the “savage” or “primitive mind”, we are, of course, using a very clumsy expression. We shall employ the term, nevertheless, to indicate the characteristics of the human mind when there was as yet no…

When people are sincere in their beliefs, they eventually come to a point where they have to abandon them in the quest for truth. — This is part 3 of a 7-part series. Click here for part 1 Given that the conditions of our world change faster than any one person’s thinking can capture them, with all the education and insight necessary to make that a legitimate capture, forming our societies on what people like…