PinnedDaniel GardnerinThe Spear and the SpoonThe Ground Zero Fallacy & the Banality of HeroismIt is easier to imagine the end of the world than an end to capitalism. So what if we imagine an alternative to the end of the world?Apr 15, 20223Apr 15, 20223
Daniel GardnerinThe Spear and the SpoonCognitive Nutrition — Knowledge & the InternetA guide to surviving the internet with cognitively nutritious thinkingMay 24, 2022May 24, 2022
Daniel GardnerinThe Spear and the Spoon200 recommendations from 4 reviews on UK racial equalityBoris Johnson, the UK Prime Minister, recently attempted to assuage Black Lives Matters protestors that he was not a racist. He wrote an…Jul 2, 2020Jul 2, 2020
Daniel GardnerinThe Spear and the SpoonOn Reading Factfulness by Hans RoslingIf we are to read truthfully, we should read with a sense of charity. We should work to understand the persons argument as they would want…May 30, 2020May 30, 2020
Daniel GardnerinThe Spear and the SpoonThe Anthropocene ChallengeThe Age of the Anthropocene is a term from geology, referring to the most recent period of the earth’s history¹. Humanity is having such a…Sep 30, 2018Sep 30, 2018
Daniel GardnerinThe Spear and the SpoonComradely Greetings and The Banality of HeroismA review of Comradely Greetings: The Prison Letters of Nadya and SlavojSep 24, 2018Sep 24, 2018
Daniel GardnerinThe Spear and the SpoonThe Wickedness of the Anthropocene“In an artificial world only extremists live naturally” - Paul GrahamSep 24, 2018Sep 24, 2018
Daniel GardnerinThe Spear and the SpoonThe Problem is not the ProblemThere is a meme which circulates the internet of Captain Jack Sparrow from Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean series. In it he is quoted as…Sep 23, 2018Sep 23, 2018
Daniel GardnerinThe Spear and the SpoonMoral Reaction & the Challenge of the AnthropoceneWe are now living in an Age of the Anthropocene, a geological age of man. This presents a new concept of humanity as an agent in the world…Sep 23, 2018Sep 23, 2018