Habitual change or changing habits
When change is the status quo, how do we know if we're changing for the better?
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 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.
Think like a Liberal
From village megaphones to market ideologies, tracing the shifting meanings of liberalism—and why freedom without ethics falls short.
Adolescent Identity
Some questions are too big to answer all at once — especially when you’re still becoming who you are.
Babies, Teenagers, and Cultural Difference
Cultural difference reveals our blind spots — and loosening our grip on what we think we know is part of the learning.