Kurt Vonnegut’s 1985 novel Galápagos is a Darwinian satire on the mess humankind causes for itself as a result of having evolved big brains. Set in the late 20th Century, it charts the breakdown of society and the near extinction of the human species — caused by a cocktail of hedonism, financial crisis and viruses. [...]
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Book review: Galápagos by Kurt Vonnegut
August 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Zeitgeist
Stress at work
May 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Zeitgeist
The charity, Mind, is running a campaign on mental health at work. It’s offering resources to help employees manage stress at work. Mind emphasises the need to recognise when you are feeling and stress and your ability to take action about it, however small. In most jobs, one has some autonomy to manage things without [...]
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In praise of silence
March 31st, 2010 · No Comments · Zeitgeist
Harry Eyres writes in the FT on our aversion to silence: “We have developed into a society or culture that is afraid of silence. The noise is now so great in many public places, partly because of all the mobile phone conversations conducted in them, that I am surprised people can actually hear the others [...]