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Society and culture

The wider forces you didn’t choose and rarely notice — the expectations, comparisons and cultural noise that quietly shape what you think is possible for you.

  • The Wokeness Trap

    You’ve probably noticed something’s changed in the past decade or so. Maybe you’ve felt it at work, where you’re suddenly walking on eggshells around certain topics. Maybe you’ve seen it in your kids’ schools, where the curriculum can also focus on identity and the oppression of certain views rather than just learning. Maybe you’ve watched…

  • The Hopium Epidemic

    You’re stuck. You know you’re stuck. And yet, every morning you wake up and tell yourself the same comforting lie. “Maybe today will be different. Maybe this time it’ll work out. Maybe I just need to stay positive and things will change.” You’re not optimistic. You’re addicted to hopium. It’s the most socially acceptable drug…

  • How Far You’ve Actually Come

    Before we move on, it’s worth taking a moment to look at how far you’ve actually come. We started by looking at you. How you think. How your thinking is shaped by biases you probably weren’t even aware of. How those biases quietly distort your decisions, keep you stuck in the same patterns, and make…

  • An Introduction to Society

    You don’t exist in a vacuum. You’re part of something bigger, whether you want to be or not. Society shapes you, your choices, your problems, your possibilities. Understanding how society works, understanding where you fit within it, understanding the forces acting on you, that’s not abstract academic stuff. It’s essential context for understanding why you’re…

  • The Baby Boomers

    This article leads us into looking at each generation in turn, so that we can understand those generations a bit better, so that we can see where we ourselves fit, and where we can use our skills from the generation we fall into to benefit us in society today. Let’s start with the oldest generation…

  • Generation X

    I was born in the 70s. In fact, anyone born after the mid-60s to the early 80s is said to be a member of my generation too. I am a member of Generation X. We are the non-Baby Boomers. If you simply look at the numbers, we’re also a minority. We’re the post-boom generation sandwiched…