Over the past few months, I have enjoyed listening to the Hidden Brain podcast, hosted by Shankar Vedantam. The podcast self-purportedly uses “science and storytelling to reveal the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, shape our choices and direct our relationships.” I highly recommend downloading and listening to podcast episode here; it is so informativeContinue reading “Reflections on Choice”
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In the time of grief: Solitude and solidarity
In the weeks since COVID-19 has been declared a global pandemic (WHO, March 2020), various metaphors have been deployed to understand the situation we are collectively facing as well as our place within it. The pandemic has been variously likened to war, religious reckoning, an indictment on the capitalist system or even the natural worldContinue reading “In the time of grief: Solitude and solidarity”
Viral thoughts on a pandemic
It has been a few weeks since the COVID-19 or coronavirus threat became a global pandemic. As I write this, the country I live in (Canada) is in a state of lockdown. Borders are closed, businesses are closed, schools are closed. The public imagination is our remaining commons–a feverishly contested social territory. Like many others,Continue reading “Viral thoughts on a pandemic”
A brief introduction
Hello, and welcome to my blog. This has been something I’ve been meaning to do for awhile. I journal at home and enjoy critical public discourse. I am interested in a broad panel of ideas, events and disciplines. I am a clinical psychologist by profession but I deeply enjoy engaging in philosophy, literature and art,Continue reading “A brief introduction”
Public Philosophy 