ABOUT KAMRAN’s Blog and GUEST BLOG
I- KAMRAN’s Blog: Dedicated to the Common Good- aiming to be a source of hope and inspiration; enabling us all to move from despair to hope; darkness to light and competition to cooperation. “Let the beauty we love be what we do.”-Rumi
II- KAMRAN MOFID’s GUEST’s BLOG: Here on The Guest Blog you’ll find commentary, analysis, insight and at times provocation from some of the world’s influential and spiritual thought leaders as they weigh in on critical questions about the state of the world, the emerging societal issues, the dominant socio-economic logic, globalisation, money, markets, sustainability, dialogue, cooperation, environment, media, spirituality, faith, culture, the youth, the purpose of business and economic life, the crucial role of leadership, and the challenges facing economic, business, management, education, and more.
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Lessons for our Age
Decadence and Indulgence are the portraits of Illusion and Delusion, the Sure Signs of the Moral and Spiritual Decay
Photo via The Telegraph
‘£120,000 bottle of Chateau Margaux, £3,000 Wagyu steak, £13,500 for New Year’s Dinner, £5,000 glass of 1811 Napoleon Grande Reserve cognac, £1000 burgers, £1800 Wagyu ribeye steak, £1,700 diamond-studded sushi, £600 cupcakes, £325 cup of Sumatran coffee brewed from berries excreted by a weasel-like creature called a civet, truffles for £2000 per kilo, £2000 Michelin-starred in-flight meals at 30,000feet, while drinking £15,000 bottles of 1990 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti : all for the 1%, whilst billions of people live in abject poverty on less than $2 a day.’- The Telegraph, 18 May 2015 (N.B. The prices above are 11 years old. God only knows how much they are now!)
This is the age of the Pleasure Paradox, where places are saturated with luxury but completely drained of meaning, when there are moments of instant gratification, followed by periods of long-lasting sadness and guilt. In short, a world that has achieved ultimate material wealth, comfort, and indulgence, yet suffers from absolute emotional and spiritual emptiness.
- In a world where everything has been devalued and monetised, becoming fractious and divided, I think I know why Gen Z is rebelling against the soul-destroying ‘hustle culture’ of neoliberalism
- Will Andy Burnham, once and for all, scrap the madness of 100 plus different taxes?
- The Illusion of Security and Power: What can European leaders learn from the late Shah of Iran?
- The Illusion of Security and Power: Can Britain buy security and power with fancy drones, missiles and AI?
- My heartfelt plea to our 7th prime minister since the Brexit Referendum
- 10 years on since the Brexit Referendum: Time is Now for Truth
- My Poem of the Month: June is the Month of Summer Solstice, Dreams, Love, Romance and Marriage