by bennerg | Nov 4, 2026 | Philosophy
Musing on a Crazy World Socrates: An unexamined life is not worth living “I know that I know nothing". Socrates (470BC – 399BC) Socrates’ most enduring claim is simple and still awkward: an unexamined life is not worth living. He did not mean that everyone...
by bennerg | Nov 4, 2026 | Technology
Musing on a Crazy World Machines vs Human Sentience The Myth of Hollywood: Machines That “Wake Up” and the Quiet Fact of Human Sentience “Before you become too entranced with gorgeous gadgets and mesmerizing video displays, let me remind you that information is not...
by bennerg | Nov 4, 2026 | Politics
Musing on a Crazy World A review of the who really manages the levers of power in our Country Who Really Holds the Levers? Power, Parties and the Limits of the Backbench in New Zealand. “Some men change their party for the sake of their principles; others change...
by bennerg | Nov 4, 2026 | World Order
Musing on a Crazy World Vilfredo Pareto’s Theory of Society Vilfredo Pareto divided the people who actually hold power into two rough types, Lions and Foxes. “If you're Noah, and your ark is about to sink, look for the elephants first, because you can throw over a...
