Category Archives: anthropology

RSA Animate – The Empathic Civilisation

Great video/animation – and very thought provoking stuff.

Are humans really wired for selfishness, capriciousness, greed and narcissism?

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The Age of Stupid

The Age of Stupid: final trailer Feb 2009 from Age of Stupid on Vimeo.
I often have ideas, that I mull over and never get around to doing anything about (man cannot live on ideas alone!), but in this case I … Continue reading

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Smile – you’re awesome, really

Seeing as today is the most depressing day of the year – I thought I would try and help out.
Watch this.

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How civilised

I just saw this video which was referred to on Keith’s ‘Unsuitablog‘

I love this video – and it pretty much sums up why I feel so uncomfortable with the level of greenwash that we are subjected to on a daily … Continue reading

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Give me your favourite quotes

I have been using a great little WordPress plug-in called ‘Quotes Collection‘ on this blog – it’s great for grabbing those quotes you see popping up over the web and adding them to your blog. It is my favourite aspect … Continue reading

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Observer journalist threatens to sue Survival International

You have probably seen this image. You may have even heard that it was a ‘hoax’ – especially if you read this article in The Observer by Peter Beaumont
Well – it wasn’t a hoax, Peter got a bit confused with … Continue reading

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