History/People
Toynbee summarised the decline of cultures by identifying three key aspects: a failure of creative power in the minority, a withdrawal of imitation on the part of the majority, and a subsequent loss of social unity across society as a whole.
Culture/Movies
The chaplain questions whether "God wants goodness or the choice of goodness," pondering if a man who chooses evil might paradoxically be better than a man who has the good imposed upon him.
Philosophy
Most of the contemporary scientific understanding confuses the origin of life with adaptation - the evolution of existing life forms is distinct from the genesis of life or species, and while Charles Darwin's theory addresses how higher forms of life evolve from lower forms - it did not
Philosophy
Mary Harrington's 2025 ARC talk The contemporary understanding of identity, a term that gained widespread usage only around the 1960s, marks a significant shift in human self-perception. This modern concept is highly fluid, malleable, politicised, commercialised, and individualised, offering little to anchor individuals. This fluidity has led to
Philosophy
This is a well-studied finding in psychology called “source confusion”: you remember things you “learned” long after you’ve forgotten where you learned them. (also known as source misattribution or unconscious transference,) If you consume 100x as much fiction as you do history, philosophy or theology, you will subconsciously derive
Philosophy
EVENTS Managerialism, as a dominant societal and governmental paradigm throughout the 20th century, particularly after World War II, represented a fundamental shift in the organisation and control of human affairs. It posited that objective, scientific management could effectively direct society, often bypassing traditional democratic or ideological frameworks. This concept gained
Philosophy
The Geopolitical Collision Course The beginning of the third decade of the twenty-first century is marked by an intensifying global geopolitical confrontation between the United States (US) and the great Eurasian powers, specifically China and Russia. American foreign policy has been defined by the simultaneous provocation of conflicts with both
History
PEOPLE | 1853 - 1902 Cecil John Rhodes was a British businessman, mining magnate, and politician in southern Africa, who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896. A central figure in British imperial expansion, particularly in the region that later bore his name, Rhodesia, his life
Philosophy
The Days The seven days of the week, much like The Story of the Months, are imbued with ancient narratives, primarily drawing from the traditions of the Northmen, specifically the Angles and Saxons, rather than the classical cultures of Greece and Rome. While Sunday and Monday retain universal celestial associations,
Philosophy
The "Censorship Industrial Complex" is a "whole of society framework" or "whole society doctrine" - a system used by elements of the US government and its partners for countering 'misinformation' and controlling online speech and narratives. It is a significant component and
History
See Also: State of Israel, JEWS, Jewish, Judaism The term "Israel" carries significant geographic and political connotations, particularly within contemporary discourse concerning the State of Israel. The theological understanding of "Israel" is that the people of God, are the true Israel, Israel is the Body of
Philosophy
The rainbow, a ubiquitous natural phenomenon, carries profound symbolic weight, particularly in its contemporary application within the confused LGBT and other perversions who insist (without evidence) that gender and sex are distinctly different, in this way they have a gender framework to build imaginary identities and systems upon. LGBT At