Swart Donkey

You don’t want to be the guy remembered for “discovering” something that he neither discovered, nor knew what it was. But I don’t think we s...

It is important to map ignorance. Here be dragons. My impression is that we don’t have the necessary tools to unpack many of the complicat...

When I think of ignorance, I think of Columbus. The celebrated slave trader died thinking he had discovered a route to the East. It is imp...

A Contrarian is not someone who is contrary. If you are contrary, then all the “wisdom” is held in the view of the opposite position. You ...

Incentives matter. We do what we do for various reasons, but normally there is some sort of tangible reward on offer that we value. For thi...

Columbus was good at crossing oceans. He was less good at mapping his ignorance. He died still believing he had discovered a back route to ...

I have no idea what is going on. I am an immigrant in Britain. I thought the majority of people in Britain believed in free movement of pe...

Partisan politics presumes the division is permanent. The stated goal is to represent everyone. The reality is a school debate where your s...

There was an entire 'unknown' continent in Columbus' way when he set off for the Indies. He started with the conclusion, and bu...

I worked at three different companies and a school. Beyond my own education, these were the main communities I have been involved in. In th...

My brothers are both Doctors . When my Dad introduces us, he says, ' This is Dr Black, this is Dr Black, and that's... Trevor. ...

We know there is too much going on around the world to wrap our heads around. Many people I know have chosen to stop listening to the news...

If we were to wait to understand how things worked, we wouldn't do anything. People are blessed with wonderful imaginations, the abilit...

The world is complex. Whatever we choose to have a crack at trying to understand really well, we are by default choosing other areas in whi...