Conscious agents versus spacetime theory
Reading Time: < 1 minute I don’t pretend to understand much, if anything, of Dr Donald Hoffman’s theory of conscious agents. Dr Hoffman is a
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The Marcus Aurelius guide to success
Reading Time: 2 minutes Marcus Aurelius was a Roman emperor. If you’ve seen the film Gladiator, you might remember Aurelius (Richard Harris) discussing battle
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Why you should try drawing your future
Reading Time: < 1 minute Sometimes I stumble across an inspiring TED Talk. Draw your future by Patti Dobrowolski is one of these. When Patti was
Read moreHow I learned a valuable life lesson from the crew of Red Dwarf
Reading Time: 2 minutes If you were a sci-fi fan in the eighties and early nineties, you will no doubt remember the satirical British
Read moreHow to be as nice as Hugh Jackman
Reading Time: 3 minutes I have a colleague who teaches drama. She studied musical theatre with Hugh Jackman at WAAPA and once went out
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What I learned from Drew Barrymore
Reading Time: 2 minutes [image sid=”image-1452321289″ link=”http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/10/21/1445424359408/Drew-Barrymore-009.jpg” align=”center”] In a recent interview with The Guardian, Drew Barrymore said something so insightful that it resonated with me immediately. She
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How Carrie Fisher can body shame Hollywood
Reading Time: 2 minutes Dear Carrie, Recently, I wrote an article that expressed my concerns about the facelift/botox/rhinoplasty/lipsuction or whatever it was you used
Read moreWhat if coding were invented by women
Reading Time: 2 minutes I teach technology, mostly digital design but also entry level coding. I learned to code in my early 30s. I started with
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