The Problem of Fairness
How can we know what's fair when our understanding of the word may depend on the hand we've been dealt?
Flirting with Wisdom
Peter Gilderdale's Flirting With Wisdom series reflects on the interplay between curiosity and conviction, blending personal stories, history, cultural critique, and philosophical musings. Each vignette invites readers to embrace the beauty of unfinished thinking and the art of holding life’s ongoing questions.
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The Politics of Uplift
As we struggle to raise ourselves up, what are we willing to bury in the process?
The Politics of Canyons
As inexorable as the forces of division may seem, everything a river erodes is deposited somewhere downstream.
Habitual change or changing habits
When change is the status quo, how do we know if we're changing for the better?
The dark side of Liberal education
When choice comes at the cost of community, we may need to reconsider what freedom truly means to us.
A da Vinci coda - process versus results
When our curiosity gets in the way of results, we can draw inspiration from one of history's greatest scatterbrains.
Multi-tasking for Dummies
When our best laid plans go awry, can we learn to trust the process?
Professionalism – for better or worse
Is professionalism always a virtue? Or can it be the mask of complicity?
History as it was?
The past may be a foreign country – but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try to speak its language.