Thoughts Ahead
When opportunity arises, some people will grasp their chance, many will not believe or trust their luck, whilst others will sit back and let the opportunity pass or have it taken away from them. Fate may deliver new possibilities but whether or not those possibilities prove fruitful will depend on the individual. The same may … Continue reading Genetic Performance and Mutational Opportunity
“The washing machine’s stopped working!” “What’s wrong with it? It’s not that old. We’ve only had it a few years.” Though the machine in question may vary, it’s a common household conversation that quite often ends up with the purchasing of a new appliance. In a consumption led economy, goods are designed and produced to … Continue reading Things are Just Not Made to Last
Sometimes you just can’t get through to them; sometimes you just can’t make yourself understood. Whatever you say, however you express it, you don’t get an acceptable response. It can be very annoying and exasperating. If the computer says no then no it will stay. Computers do not respond to reasonableness, appeal or charm. They … Continue reading Computer Efficiency but No Understanding
Watching futuristic sci-fi films often proves quite problematic for me. A large proportion of the population always seem to be missing. Where are all the ugly, over-weight, bespectacled, disabled people? They no longer seem to exist. I can only presume that they must have been transferred into some “Wellsian” underworld. But maybe not; maybe there … Continue reading Sci-fi Genetics – Correcting the Vision
Right here; right now. What are the odds? So often - too often - we take our existence for granted. It didn’t have to be like this. We didn’t have to be here; we didn’t have to be here in this state of being. Things could have turned out very differently. In Nature there are … Continue reading Genetic Luck – A Favoured Humanity?
We know the power and influence of television, that it can create celebrities, initiate and drive fashions; it can establish what is important in the news and set the agenda of debate. Having a presence in most people’s homes it has a direct channel into our lives. Unsurprisingly, this has been recognised and television is … Continue reading Managing Society by Television
As soon as children start school they hit the birthday party circuit. Suddenly, they seem to have a party to go to each weekend. Sometimes there’s more than one party. They can even have two parties in a day. It’s a social life that we parents can only envy. Yet the parties do become rather … Continue reading Children’s Parties at Home – Top Tips
If something works then you will persist in doing that something. You may even try to enhance or extend that something. In fact, the more you can do of that something then the better it should be for you. It’s tried and tested. Why would you do anything different? This is not only a natural … Continue reading Genetic Intensification – The Drive to Extremes
Watch out for banality. It sneaks up on you. It is the encroachment of the cliché. You might not even know you are saying them. They are sly, devious and manipulative. They are linguistic weeds that need to be extracted at the roots to ensure that they have no basis for returning. And yet they … Continue reading Valuing the Cliché
If we want society to support us then we have to support society. That is the basis of our contractual relationship with society. Society will look after us but we must also look after society. Society gives us rights and protections as individuals, support and benefits when we’re in need, a living environment that is … Continue reading Contracted to Society
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