Essays, interviews and ideas from New Philosopher.
I despise gyms. I honestly couldn’t tell you if it is the nauseating funk emanating from dozens of perspiring bodies therein or the mind-numbing…
The 24/7 news cycle serves up novelty each and every minute, filling our minds with information that would otherwise be inaccessible for us. Here’s…
It is unclear just how the “Man from Song” (Songren) acquired his reputation, but classical literature is replete with stories of his stupidity. These…
A climate of mind Anyone who cares about climate change has to be tired of the vitriolic tirades that masquerade as public debate over…
Sum yourself up in a couple of words. Users of social media do it to introduce themselves online. “Surfer, father, writer, film director.” “Yogi,…
In the midst of a nuclear war, an evacuation plane from England crash lands on a deserted, paradisiacal island in the remote Pacific. The…
“Man is everywhere a disturbing agent. Wherever he plants his foot, the harmonies of nature are turned to discords.” – George Perkins Marsh Our…
A friend of mine recently sat in a waiting room in Singapore. The room was only large enough to hold a fence of chairs…
Zan Boag: Have you arrived at your own definition of power? Keith Dowding: No, I don’t really have one, actually, and I’m not sure…
Every night at 6.00 pm, I want you to sit in a room for half an hour. During that time I will speak to…
I’d been sitting in John Gulzari’s living room for more than an hour when he suddenly jumped up and rushed from the room. John…
It’s rarely a good idea to take advice from a philosopher. (And yes, I’m a philosopher offering you that advice.) But when your brother…