“Without trust we cannot stand. A lesson that some of us learnt during the Global Financial Crisis 16 years ago – and which the rest of the entire western establishment seems to be learning for the first time today.”
If only they were Tim, but most are still in left brain denial are they not? The left brain conditioning has al the elements of a magic trick, notably, misdirection. I am sure that not having a television nor reading “news”papers has done wonders for my right brain😎
Thought provoking post Tim and McGilchrist's lecture that you shared last week provided a new way of looking at la condition humaine. I appreciated your summary that "fiscal decline collided with an over-stretched army which led in turn to civil wars, a doom spiral of withering resources, and ultimately to defeat by ‘barbarians’". I think that I can hear the hoofbeats of the barbarians coming!
Thanks for sharing the Darwin College lecture. It is impressive that scholarship still exists in universities outside the work fashion du jour.
“The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy.”
THAT is my favourite new quote of 2024, Tim! I hadn't heard it before.
And by the end of this year Labour will be in power with a 200+ majority (which guarantees 2 terms, of course), so we'll have a decade of the bureaucracy expanding even more than it has over the last 25 years - God help us, the UK is truly screwed.
I made a big mistake, well two actually. One was buying the audio book, now ordered the paper version of it and secondly not paying attention to his work. Thanks Tim, again you've reminded me. His sermons and speeches are epic tales that make so much sense. It was the podcast that flagged it up first. Just wish I'd found him a while back and paid attention. Happy Saturday Tim.
This lecture chimes with the recent interview of David Murrin by Jay Martin where David reiterates the point he has made on many occasions that hard times call for lateral thinking but we get a doubling down of linear thinking
“Without trust we cannot stand. A lesson that some of us learnt during the Global Financial Crisis 16 years ago – and which the rest of the entire western establishment seems to be learning for the first time today.”
If only they were Tim, but most are still in left brain denial are they not? The left brain conditioning has al the elements of a magic trick, notably, misdirection. I am sure that not having a television nor reading “news”papers has done wonders for my right brain😎
All the best
Clive
Thought provoking post Tim and McGilchrist's lecture that you shared last week provided a new way of looking at la condition humaine. I appreciated your summary that "fiscal decline collided with an over-stretched army which led in turn to civil wars, a doom spiral of withering resources, and ultimately to defeat by ‘barbarians’". I think that I can hear the hoofbeats of the barbarians coming!
Thanks for sharing the Darwin College lecture. It is impressive that scholarship still exists in universities outside the work fashion du jour.
“The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy.”
THAT is my favourite new quote of 2024, Tim! I hadn't heard it before.
And by the end of this year Labour will be in power with a 200+ majority (which guarantees 2 terms, of course), so we'll have a decade of the bureaucracy expanding even more than it has over the last 25 years - God help us, the UK is truly screwed.
I made a big mistake, well two actually. One was buying the audio book, now ordered the paper version of it and secondly not paying attention to his work. Thanks Tim, again you've reminded me. His sermons and speeches are epic tales that make so much sense. It was the podcast that flagged it up first. Just wish I'd found him a while back and paid attention. Happy Saturday Tim.
This lecture chimes with the recent interview of David Murrin by Jay Martin where David reiterates the point he has made on many occasions that hard times call for lateral thinking but we get a doubling down of linear thinking