Category Archives: materialism

Tackling the ‘climate change’ dragon

Posted on June 3, 2014 by fearlessanalyst

What exactly do I believe about climate change? And why do I want to know? Lately I’ve found myself sometimes getting into a state of near panic when I think about it. Lurking in the background of my life these … Continue reading →

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Halloween – the ‘junk model’

Posted on October 31, 2012 by fearlessanalyst

The earliest Hallowe’en I remember I was about seven.  Mom had made crepe-paper costumes (made from a bought pattern) for my sister and me.  I was somehow not thrilled, partly because my sister got to be a rose (her name … Continue reading →

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Occupy?

Posted on October 12, 2012 by fearlessanalyst

In the sixties, computers like we have now hadn’t been invented.  They were a ‘futuristic’ concept.  Some of us dreamed that eventually there would be a computer on every desk in schools.  We thought computers would be used to create … Continue reading →

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My own ‘story of stuff’

Posted on July 17, 2012 by fearlessanalyst

I think it must have been in my twenties that I first became aware of the-problem-of-stuff; probably listening to conversations about “Silent Spring” – Rachel Carson’s consciousness-raising book that sounded the alarm possibly for the first time. I remember in … Continue reading →

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