All our knowledge has it’s origins in our perceptions Leonardo da Vinci I regularly tell people in Cambodia that I come from a rich country, but that I am not rich. Each time I hear these words from my mouth, I wonder how someone from a poor country who has never experienced societal prosperity, processes … More This Week’s Perceptions
If you wait until you can do everything for everybody, instead of something for somebody, you’ll end up doing nothing for nobody. These words appear at the end of a short video currently doing the rounds on Facebook. In it, a young homeless man in a ripped t-shirt stands on a cold Manhattan street, holding … More “Just Stop”
When I was 14 years old we traveled across the Tasman Sea from New Zealand to Australia on a family holiday. It was 1983 and one of the first international news items to enter my consciousness had been playing out on our tv screens. Footage of starving children in the throes of death had entered … More Third World Thoughts
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