Will Sutherland7 sept. 20182 MinFLOURISH - Martin SeligmanHappiness and Well Being are not the same thing. Happiness is about being cheerful in the moment. Well Being is about flourishing and has...
Will Sutherland7 sept. 20182 MinFear and Desire – extracts from Russell Brand “talk”Fear and desire are the twin engines of human survival but with most of our basic needs met these instincts are being engaged to imprison...
Will Sutherland7 sept. 201823 MinCULTURE AND INSTITUTIONSSome of my earliest memories are of fascination about how the world works. More than 60 years ago (!) I lay in my bed and looked at pictu...
Will Sutherland7 sept. 20182 MinCreating New Societies - John Boik Ph.D.Although this book suffers from a “we should do things different” problem (words on these lines do not change things easily!), it does co...
Will Sutherland7 sept. 201816 MinCHANGES FOR SUSTAINABLE FUTURE! The Need for effective Cultural EngineeringSustainability and the consumer culture are in direct conflict. We are now locked into a set of behaviours based on fossil fuel and “grow...
Will Sutherland7 sept. 20182 MinBLACK SWAN – Nassim TalebTaleb was a successful mathematical trader and is now a Professor of Uncertainty. This is a book about prediction and forecasting. Taleb ...
Will Sutherland7 sept. 20182 MinBIG GODS How religion transformed co-operation and conflict - Ara Norenzayan 2013The key argument of this book is that laws and customs are not sufficient in themselves to enable large groups of humans to live together...
Will Sutherland7 sept. 20183 MinANTIFRAGILE How to live in a world we do not understand - Nassim TalebThe concepts in this book are as simple as they are radical. They are extremely important yet poorly understood. The book is essential re...
Will Sutherland7 sept. 20186 MinA history of the Internet and the Digital Future Johnny Ryan 2010The key insight of this work is its clarity in understanding that the development of the internet and its associated structures (like the...
Will Sutherland7 sept. 20183 Min23 Things they don't tell you about Capitalism Ha-Joon ChangThis is a refreshingly honest book by an economist who is fully aware of the shortcomings of “economics” as a predictive social science. ...
Will Sutherland1 août 20185 MinAftermath:The Cultures of the Economic Crisis- 2012 , Manuel CastellsSources of US instability seen as: global computerised trading of capital and stocks deregulation invention of new exotic financial produ...
Will Sutherland1 août 201811 MinMetanoia - the Wisdom beyond Wildness The War Against Greed 1. Finding the new roots of "Progress" It is time to leave the dark satanic mills behind us. It is time to say go...
Will Sutherland30 juil. 20181 MinSO THE SNOW IS CLEARING AND THE SUN IS SHINING AGAINSomehow the winter seems to have rushed past - so fast in fact that I have not had time to update this site! Apologies. The garden is pre...