- Written by: Kamran Mofid
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‘Life is so full of unpredictable beauty and strange surprises’
Words from Sting’s “Fragile” song. Photo: Song Meanings and Facts
The Inspiration and Hopeful Words of Dr. Vivek Murthy on Loneliness and Connection and to Value What is Valuable, Precious and Priceless
- Written by: Kamran Mofid
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'We Are Not the First Civilization to Collapse, but We Will Probably Be the Last'
Neoliberalism and Thatcherism have brought the world to its nadir of decadence
The end is nigh
The Course of Empire - Destruction. Painting by Thomas Cole
‘Civilizations die in familiar patterns. They exhaust natural resources. They spawn parasitic elites who plunder and loot the institutions and systems that make a complex society possible. They engage in futile and self-defeating wars. And then the rot sets in. The great urban centres die first, falling into irreversible decay. Central authority unravels. Artistic expression and intellectual inquiry are replaced by a new dark age, the triumph of tawdry spectacle and the celebration of crowd-pleasing imbecility.’ - Chris Hedges, in ScheerPost
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'On and On How Fragile We Are...'
‘Life is so full of unpredictable beauty and strange surprises’
Words from Sting’s “Fragile” song. Photo: Song Meanings and Facts
Nota bene
Recently I read a very moving, powerful, and at times, fearful, distressing, but also hopeful article, written by a senior surgeon and academician in the US, speaking out about the rise in mental illness and suicides amongst physicians and surgeons in the US, by highlighting her own story and journey. More on this later.
For now, suffice to say, what I read resonated with me. I felt a sense of kinship and indigeneity with the story and the storyteller.
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